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I struggled yesterday with a stupid problem. I have this german client and we've built a website for it. Of course, on the website you have some forms to contact the company by email. The email receiver of these emails is a strange email address that contains special character like "ö". Of course that an email address like röny@domain.com (this address is just an example) does not respect the standards (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html), but since that's the client's address ...

In .NET sending an email with such an email address results in an error being thrown. The error says, of course, that the email address is not well formatted. At first I thought that I'm missing a text encoding, afterwards I thought I needed an HTML encoding. None of them worked whatsoever. After some tests I discoverred that I had to use an URL encoding, so this kind of email addresses must be URL encoded in order to programatically send emais. After encoding my email address would look like this: r%F6ny@domain.com.

I hope you will find this info helpfull.

In ultima vreme ma regasesc din ce in ce mai mult in imaginea de mai jos... (click it)

Cititi aici cum se pun la adapost romanii de iminenta crizei. Stam in expectativa, poate, poate ne salveaza si pe noi cineva.

Sursa: Cariere Online

De cateva zile s-a lansat Windows 7, versiunea beta. Noul sistem de operare poate fi testat de oricine doreste acest lucru; mai multe detalii aici. Eu nu l-am testat dar m-au interesat ceva pareri avizate. Am gasit acest post cu detalii foarte interesante:

The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets

Stiu, titlul este utopic in conditiile actuale din Constanta, poate chiar din Romania ...

Dar prin alte parti se poate: Recycle Your Christmas Tree! Drop-offs Available

The City of McAllen is encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas trees this holiday season to lessen the amount of waste in the landfills. Live Christmas trees are biodegradable and the trunk and branches can be used as mulch for gardens, parks and in animal stalls.

The mulch provides a protective barrier for the roots of other plants and vegetation while preventing weeds from growing. The mulch then decomposes providing needed nutrients to plants.

“The holiday season is a great time to remember to give back to your community by recycling your Christmas tree,” says Ouina Rutledge, McAllen Recycling Center Director. “Instead of burning your tree you can bring it by our Christmas tree drop off locations to recycle it."

Cine stie, poate la anul ...

Nu stiu ce va doriti voi de la noul an, 2009, dar sper sa vi se indeplineasca toate dorintele.

Eu imi doresc un an in care sa reusesc sa imi duc la bun sfarsit, cu success, proiectele personale, imi doresc motivare, multa sanatate si spor la treaba... Cum zice frantzuzul:

"Après les fêtes... le bien-être!"

La Multi Ani!

"The good news is that when firms need to do more with less, technology is the most valued.

The bad news is that most IT organizations are simply not agile enough to address the near insane level of changes they will face over the coming year."

(read the entire article here)

Now, in my opinion we should no longer have "IT projects"; the term "business projects" is much more appropriate. What do you think?

Pentru ca sunt in era Silverlight ...

V-am spus ca invat Silverlight, nu?

Vazut aici: Pumpkin Card - Silverlight demo with code. Bineinteles ca trebuie sa instalati un plug-in ca sa vedeti jucaria.

P.S. Sa nu uitati ca se schimba ora weekend-ul acesta.

Va e dor de mare? Am gasit prin calculator niste poze foarte frumoase din Bulgaria, Rusalka.