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Grex > Helpers > #149: Grex System Problems - Spring 2006 | |
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cross
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response 25 of 333:
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Mar 27 15:21 UTC 2006 |
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keesan
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response 26 of 333:
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Mar 27 15:27 UTC 2006 |
Ihave done it with a little linux over a nullmodem cable, from DOS.
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kingjon
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response 27 of 333:
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Mar 27 18:40 UTC 2006 |
I've done it quite a bit here at school, running applications on a computer in
a lab on the display in my dorm room, now that I have the account on the lab
computer (since the computer science club owns the computers and runs the lab).
I do this because my local computer is quite slow compared to those. As far as
I can tell, X forwarding must be enabled in sshd, and IIRC it isn't by default.
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twenex
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response 28 of 333:
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Mar 27 20:04 UTC 2006 |
I've done it between computers here, too.
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cross
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response 29 of 333:
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Mar 27 22:26 UTC 2006 |
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albaugh
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response 30 of 333:
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Mar 28 07:30 UTC 2006 |
I just saw this when starting up bbs:
warning: libc.so.38.2: minor version >= 3 expected, using it anyway
Seems to be working anyway...
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mcnally
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response 31 of 333:
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Mar 28 08:51 UTC 2006 |
That's a known problem, based on a mismatch in shared library versions
between what bbs was compiled against vs. what's running on grex now.
It's been doing that for quite a while, probably this is just the first
time you noticed..
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mcnally
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response 32 of 333:
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Mar 28 09:26 UTC 2006 |
Why does bbs segmentation fault when I scribble a response?
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cross
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response 33 of 333:
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Mar 28 20:11 UTC 2006 |
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tsty
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response 34 of 333:
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Apr 1 05:46 UTC 2006 |
.. hey! what about email to AOHell ??!!!!!!! <dammit>
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naftee
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response 35 of 333:
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Apr 1 21:55 UTC 2006 |
hau !
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keesan
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response 36 of 333:
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Apr 2 14:48 UTC 2006 |
I don't usually get 'you have new mail' messages when I have new mail. Is
there something I should be setting in pine, or is this a system setting?
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mcnally
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response 37 of 333:
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Apr 2 19:37 UTC 2006 |
re #36: What do you get when you type "echo $MAIL" (without the surrounding
quotes) into a shell?
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eprom
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response 38 of 333:
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Apr 2 20:14 UTC 2006 |
I think its /usr/local/bin/newmail
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keesan
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response 39 of 333:
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Apr 3 00:28 UTC 2006 |
/var/mail/keesan
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keesan
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response 40 of 333:
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Apr 3 19:10 UTC 2006 |
[A friend of mine using AOL tried to find a way to whitelist my address.
Would it be worth someone on staff phoning AOL's number below to try to
get them to put us on their system-wide whitelist? This is the same AOL
that told someone else to clear their hard-disk cache of images when they
were short on RAM.]
Welcome Carole ...
2:10:27 AM [system.gif] System Connecting to server. Please wait...
2:10:27 AM [system.gif] System Connected to wnaad01o.ops.aol.com
2:10:43 AM [system.gif] System AOLTechHPN has joined this session!
2:10:43 AM [system.gif] System Connected with AOLTechHPN
2:10:53 AM [system.gif] System Hello, Carole. Welcome to Live
Technical Support. My name is Gina.
2:10:55 AM [system.gif] System Carole stated the question or problem
as: A friend's emails are being blocked by AOL. She asked me to ask
AOL to put her on a.
2:10:57 AM [system.gif] System Are you signed on with the same
computer that you need assistance with?
2:11:11 AM [customer.gif] You yes
2:11:22 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN Thank you for waiting, I understand
that you are having difficulty receiving e-mail from a friend
. Do I have that correct?
2:11:37 AM [customer.gif] You yes.
2:11:52 AM [customer.gif] You she asked if I could get AOL to put her
on a "white list"
2:12:01 AM [customer.gif] You [opposite of being blacklisted.....]
2:12:06 AM [customer.gif] You is this possible?
2:12:50 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN If there are difficulties
sending/receiving the e-mail again, please have the sender contact
the Postmaster of their domain (for example: AOL Members would
contact
2:12:55 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN postmaster@aol.com). The Postmaster
will check for any e-mail gateway problems between the sender's
Internet Service Provider (ISP) and America Online.
2:13:12 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN AOL may have received large amounts
of junk e-mail from someone using this domain name. Please ask the
sender of the e-mail to ask their system administrator or Internet
Service Provider to call the AOL® Postmaster Hotline at
1-888-212-5537.
2:13:13 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN The Postmaster Team, which is
available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, can work with the ISP to
quickly resolve the issue. Additional information is available at the
AOL Postmaster Web Site: http://postmaster.info.aol.com/
2:14:30 AM [customer.gif] You can I email you what she wrote to me
re: this problem??
2:14:55 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN Yes you can send it to me at
AOLTechHPN@aol.com.
2:14:58 AM [customer.gif] You she has already tried to resolve it
w/her ISP
2:15:06 AM [customer.gif] You ok. one second....
2:16:00 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN Sure.
2:16:28 AM [customer.gif] You done
2:17:16 AM [customer.gif] You Here are all her email addresses, all
of which seem to be having problems getting through AOL's spam
protection:
2:17:20 AM [customer.gif]
Youkeesan@freeshell.org,keesan@grex.cyberspace.org,keesan@sdf.lonestar.org,kees
an@grex.org 2:17:20 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN Thanks , let me check the e-mail.
2:17:25 AM [customer.gif] You ok 2:19:02 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN Thanks
for waiting, have you also check your spam control settings? 2:19:44 AM
[customer.gif] You Yes I have. 2:20:06 AM [customer.gif] You But I don't see
any of her domains listed at all in my "block" settings 2:20:22 AM
[agent.gif] AOLTechHPN To bypass your Mail and Spam Controls and possible
blocks from AOL's Spam Filters, add the e-mail address to your AOL Address
Book. Mail from senders in your Address Book will be delivered to you
regardless of the blocks you've set. 2:20:52 AM [customer.gif] You All of her
address are and have been in my Address Book. For a long time! 2:21:48 AM
[customer.gif] You So obviously, that doesn't work! 2:22:28 AM [agent.gif]
AOLTechHPN Let me file a report for you. 2:22:38 AM [customer.gif] You ok.
2:22:43 AM [customer.gif] You what will that do? 2:22:45 AM [agent.gif]
AOLTechHPN How long has this been happening? 2:23:26 AM [customer.gif] You
I'm not sure how long. At least the past few days, maybe longer? 2:23:49 AM
[agent.gif] AOLTechHPN I can only file a report I suggest that you also send an
e-mail to POSTMASTER@aol.com to follow up. 2:24:48 AM [customer.gif] You ok.
and then what will happen? 2:25:48 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN I personally
apologize for the situation. I have completed and entered a report for you.
2:26:10 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN Please contact the AOL® Postmaster Hotline at
1-888-212-5537. 2:26:20 AM [customer.gif] You thank you. but is there any
action you can take? 2:26:32 AM [customer.gif] You should i call or email the
postmaster? 2:26:33 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN You can verify about the
undelivered e-mail. 2:26:41 AM [agent.gif] AOLTechHPN I suggest that you call.
Carole - Save the earth; it's the only planet with chocolate.
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tod
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response 41 of 333:
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Apr 3 19:51 UTC 2006 |
Mmm..chocolate
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keesan
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response 42 of 333:
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Apr 4 15:49 UTC 2006 |
I am in the process of trying to deal with AOL myself. They want the bounce
error message and our IP address. More later.
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keesan
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response 43 of 333:
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Apr 4 16:55 UTC 2006 |
Ticket number 1189406 - they are investigating our case and I should hear back
within 5 business days. AOL blocks IP addresses which send mail which AOL
members report as spam. I told them we blocked outgoing mail to new users
2-3 months ago and to please unblock us if they have not received recent spam.
She suggested we set up a 'feedback loop', which means going online and giving
them an address to which they forward any spam reported as coming from us.
Could staff please do this directly? AOL does not use other blacklists, they
said (not SORBS), just their own. Is there any progress on restricting new
users to 25 outgoing mails a day so that new users can send outgoing mails
and we will have a better chance of keeping interested people? I think perch
has given up on us.
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jep
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response 44 of 333:
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Apr 5 20:15 UTC 2006 |
I was worried when I couldn't log in, but fortunately I was able to find
out from the Grex Status Page that everything was okay.
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Fri Feb 3 23:09:49 EST 2006
Grex is UP!
Grex is currently up, after a reboot.
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Thank goodness for that status page!
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naftee
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response 45 of 333:
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Apr 5 22:35 UTC 2006 |
thanks, goodness !
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cross
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response 46 of 333:
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Apr 5 22:44 UTC 2006 |
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marcvh
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response 47 of 333:
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Apr 5 23:38 UTC 2006 |
Seems like the best an automated test could do would be to report:
Grex appears to be down. Don't know why, whether anyone is
working on it, or when it will be back up. Have a nice day.
Would that really be all that useful?
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kingjon
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response 48 of 333:
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Apr 6 00:27 UTC 2006 |
If it said "The last time Grex was known to be up was <such-and-such-a-time>,"
it would be useful -- and then staff could edit that to say what was going on
if they got to it.
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jep
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response 49 of 333:
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Apr 6 12:36 UTC 2006 |
Yes, resp:48 says what I would expect to happen if the idea was
implemented in a reasonable manner. How much good does the current
status page do?
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