Sending email from within WordPress
In my recent this-thing-is-not-working spree, I’ve fortunately found WP Mail SMTP. The thing that made me happy the most is that it works.

In my recent this-thing-is-not-working spree, I’ve fortunately found WP Mail SMTP. The thing that made me happy the most is that it works.
There’s an issue with some packages in Homebrew regarding SSL certificates. Once in a while I need to remember which env variable do I have to set in order to install its upgrades with Homebrew. LibreOffice is one of them.
This is the answer in Stack Overflow:
echo insecure >> ~/.curlrc HOMEBREW_CURLRC=1 export HOMEBREW_CURLRC brew install --cask libreoffice
This way we’ll force Homebrew to read our preferences whenever it runs curl
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I think it’s not a good idea to use options that allow the use of insecure certificates, especially if it’s to install software.
Certificates are used to ensure the authenticity of the site from which you are downloading the software.
There are other ways to verify that the software you are going to install is legitimate, but they must be supported by the package manager.
Well, in those cases I make sure the origin of the software is the one I wanted it to be. The issue at hand is that cURL is not able to handle the whole certificate chain in a certain case, but the certificate is valid. If you go and download that LibreOffice link with a web browser, it works.
If you put insecure option into the curlrc file, this change is permanent. Curl accepts all insecure certificates.
I think it’s necessary to remove this option after using it in this special case.
Well, what it happens is that `brew` forces you to do this way, as it uses cURL without accepting command line modifiers. For sure, whenever you’re not using it, you’d better have .curlrc without tha option.
Browsing through YouTube, I came across this interesting Dutch documentary from VPRO channel about information, power, social networks and the implications of any combination of them.
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