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Grex > Helpers > #147: Grex System Problems - Winter 2005/06 | |
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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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mcnally
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response 204 of 260:
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Feb 21 22:59 UTC 2006 |
If their e-mail service is properly run they shouldn't be automatically
be bouncing any e-mail sent to "Postmaster". Your most likely recourse
is to send mail to postmaster@{domain name} asking them to override
their block list and allow mail through from cyberspace.org.
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marcvh
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response 205 of 260:
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Mar 5 00:46 UTC 2006 |
I'm (repeatedly) experiencing the "participation file truncated to
0 bytes so next time you bbs every item is brandnew" bug again. It's
become annoying enough that I've thrown some simple shell logic into
profile to automatically back up my participation files and warn me
about empties, so with luck this problem won't prove so annoying to me
personally.
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mary
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response 206 of 260:
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Mar 5 03:26 UTC 2006 |
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mary
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response 207 of 260:
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Mar 5 03:30 UTC 2006 |
I'm having the same problem.
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mcnally
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response 208 of 260:
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Mar 5 03:35 UTC 2006 |
Hmmm.. I've never encountered it.
Out of curiosity, marc and mary (and denise if she's reading,
as I believe she's the first one to report this behavior..)
do you always use picospan or sometimes use backtalk or fronttalk?
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marcvh
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response 209 of 260:
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Mar 5 04:43 UTC 2006 |
Always Picospan, never back or fronttalk. I haven't noticed any obvious
pattern to when it happens, e.g. breaking the TCP connection without
exiting Picospan, but of course you don't usually notice it until later.
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mary
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response 210 of 260:
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Mar 5 12:11 UTC 2006 |
I use Backtalk rarely. Maybe this will help - before I log off I tend to
do a "check" and notice all conferences read. When I log back in is when
I find the problem. The last conference I usually touch is General. But
a week or so ago my last stop was indeed a conference with very little
activity, finance, maybe? When I logged back in it was that conference
that showed all items as new even though, on exit, it showed I was
caught-up. Odd.
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