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Grex > Helpers > #147: Grex System Problems - Winter 2005/06 | |
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rcurl
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response 179 of 260:
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Feb 5 19:14 UTC 2006 |
I have abandoned my own spam filters in PINE on CAEN and am now using
their server-side Brightmail filter. I don't know the details of its
operation, but I gather CAEN subscribes to a spam list - IP addresses I
think - and applies them to filter. It works very well. There is less than
1% "good" e-mail sent to the Junk folder, and similarly the junk in the
good mail is very small. I think I still need to scan the junk folder for
anything good, but may decide that it isn't worth the effort, and just
accept the loss of a few good items.
Can Grex use Brightmail?
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gull
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response 180 of 260:
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Feb 5 21:43 UTC 2006 |
I think Brightmail is a subscription service.
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marcvh
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response 181 of 260:
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Feb 6 23:10 UTC 2006 |
Apropos of Denise's earlier comments, the "everything is new" happened
to me, and it appears that the reason is because my participation file
is 0 bytes long. Apparently something went wrong when I exited from
the conference the previous time. It doesn't look like the disc was full
or any other obvious problem like that.
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keesan
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response 182 of 260:
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Feb 8 02:00 UTC 2006 |
AOL is still blocking grex mail, apparently using some att blacklist.
Jim read that ATT is going to sell advertising space to advertisers, in that
it will agree not to block spam from them to its members, for a fee.
I guess real mails from grex would distract users from the paid messages.
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tsty
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response 183 of 260:
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Feb 8 16:15 UTC 2006 |
any progress on getting back email from that 8mm tape, please?i think
many of us (many who have said so) have irretrievable addreses from
a-way-far-back that are on that last (eons ago ???) backup.
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cross
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response 184 of 260:
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Feb 8 17:08 UTC 2006 |
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tsty
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response 185 of 260:
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Feb 12 01:45 UTC 2006 |
is this considered a problem these dyas?
grex% w
8:44PM up 7 days, 18:52, 12 users, load averages: 0.59, 0.55, 0.55
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
roger2 p0 217.16.69.100 8:13PM 7 lynx
tsty p1 c-68-41-26-134.h 8:42PM 0 w
grogg p2 c-24-118-175-175 8:43PM 0 (pine)
denleon p3 paradigm.cypress 8:34PM 0 lynx
nefkin p7 62.33.88.166 8:35PM 7 -sh
kingjon p9 resnet66-220.res 8:37PM 0 -bash
schahr01 pc cpe-24-90-108-22 7:38PM 0 -ksh
triludaa pe 4.36.144.2 7:25PM 0 /usr/local/bin/party_ nohelp nofasts
chaoswwc ft 75-178-175-62.li 8:35PM 0 NOOP
chaoswwc ft 75-178-175-62.li 8:40PM 0 STOR /c/c/h/chaoswwc/Programas Windo
chaoswwc ft 75-178-175-62.li 8:41PM 0 STOR /c/c/h/chaoswwc/Programas Windo
chaoswwc ft 75-178-175-62.li 8:42PM 0 STOR /c/c/h/chaoswwc/Programas Windo
grex% who
roger2 ttyp0 Feb 11 20:13 (217.16.69.100)
tsty ttyp1 Feb 11 20:42 (c-68-41-26-134.hsd1.mi.comcast.n)
denleon ttyp3 Feb 11 20:34 (paradigm.cypress.com)
nefkin ttyp7 Feb 11 20:35 (62.33.88.166)
kingjon ttyp9 Feb 11 20:37 (resnet66-220.resnet.calvin.edu)
schahr01 ttypc Feb 11 19:38 (cpe-24-90-108-228.nyc.res.rr.com)
triludaa ttype Feb 11 19:25 (4.36.144.2)
chaoswwc ftp23920 Feb 11 20:35 (75-178-175-62.libre.auna.net)
chaoswwc ftp18949 Feb 11 20:40 (75-178-175-62.libre.auna.net)
chaoswwc ftp16192 Feb 11 20:41 (75-178-175-62.libre.auna.net)
chaoswwc ftp17712 Feb 11 20:42 (75-178-175-62.libre.auna.net)
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mcnally
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response 186 of 260:
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Feb 12 02:52 UTC 2006 |
That depends what they're storing..
I'll have a look.
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malymi
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response 187 of 260:
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Feb 12 08:50 UTC 2006 |
my slightly dated memory is that per mailbox brightmail is not too
expensive (50c or less), but the minimum commitment (1000 mailboxes) i
think is far beyond what grex can afford.
but more profoundly it integrates into the existing mail infrastructure;
neither openbsd or exim are supported.
that symantec now owns it i fear signals the beginning of the end of its
quality.
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naftee
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response 188 of 260:
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Feb 12 16:07 UTC 2006 |
triludaa using party is a problem.
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cross
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response 189 of 260:
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Feb 12 16:34 UTC 2006 |
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nharmon
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response 190 of 260:
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Feb 12 18:05 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, could we turn off the idle daemon?
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drew
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response 191 of 260:
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Feb 12 22:20 UTC 2006 |
<southpark>
No Mr. Harmon, we can't turn off the idle
daemon.
</southpark>
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keesan
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response 192 of 260:
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Feb 19 18:51 UTC 2006 |
I get five (5) Ultimate Online Pharmaceutical spams a day. Is anyone still
working on a grex spam filter and if so could you filter on this subject line?
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naftee
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response 193 of 260:
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Feb 19 23:10 UTC 2006 |
-bash-3.00$
Sun Feb 19 13:53:58
This terminal has been idle 15 minutes. If it remains idle
for 5 more minutes it will be logged out by the system.
Logged out by the system.
Connection to grex.org closed.
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cross
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response 194 of 260:
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Feb 20 01:09 UTC 2006 |
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mcnally
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response 195 of 260:
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Feb 20 02:28 UTC 2006 |
Here's the thing: yes, somebody *could* turn off the idle daemon.
I could, for example. The reason I haven't despite your repeated
requests is that absent an urgent reason I'm not willing to substitute
my judgment, or yours, in place of current system policies. If you
give it even a little bit of thought is acting unilaterally to change
the system policies really the kind of staff behavior you want to
encourage, even if in this one instance it will lead to a result you
approve of?
If you're really interested in getting it turned off, why not try
writing up an argument which will convince the board or proposing
a member vote on the idle policy?
Get the membership or their elected leadership to buy into your
plan and I'll gladly make the changes as soon as you do so..
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cross
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response 196 of 260:
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Feb 20 04:40 UTC 2006 |
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cross
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response 197 of 260:
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Feb 20 06:46 UTC 2006 |
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twenex
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response 198 of 260:
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Feb 21 01:08 UTC 2006 |
Re: #192. You get FIVE online pharmaceuticals spams a DAY?! Wow, you must be
regular. hahahah.
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keesan
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response 199 of 260:
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Feb 21 01:11 UTC 2006 |
Jim was getting the same five at his WCC webmail account. They all have
different From addresses.
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keesan
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response 200 of 260:
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Feb 21 01:14 UTC 2006 |
I also get several Nexican Phamacy at a time, along with Mortagge Ratess.
A few small filters would get rid of a lot of the repeats.
Spamassassin has never produced a false positive with three stars, and half
the two star mails are also spam. Could it be set up for newusers to use at
their option?
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keesan
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response 201 of 260:
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Feb 21 16:20 UTC 2006 |
My mails are still bouncing from collegeclub.com (where Jim's son has an
account - his mailbox at school is full) with something about dnsblsorbs.net
Spam received. Could some staff or board member get us off this list?
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nharmon
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response 202 of 260:
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Feb 21 17:10 UTC 2006 |
Re 201: I believe the answer to that question is No.
Being on a spamlist is like having a negative mark on your credit
report. It only matters if someone looks at it. And you can't just call
the credit reporting agency up and say "hey, we promise to be good, so
take that off". We have to have a period of time of no spam, and then be
taken off of the list.
Of course, if you want to try and call them and get them to take us off
the list, I think the board can give you representative authority to do so.
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keesan
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response 203 of 260:
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Feb 21 22:06 UTC 2006 |
I would presumably email them, but they might bounce my mail.
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