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Grex > Helpers > #130: Grex System Problems - Winter 2003/2004 |  |
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tod
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response 293 of 384:
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Mar 2 00:21 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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keesan
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response 294 of 384:
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Mar 2 01:20 UTC 2004 |
Glad to hear it - how many do you catch every day?
Jim finally succeeded in attaching a file to webmail he was sending with
opera, and mailed it to me. It is plain text. I got the email without the
attachment but with the following explanation:
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WARNING: This e-mail has been altered by MIMEDefang. Following this
paragraph are indications of the actual changes made. For more
information about your site's MIMEDefang policy, contact
Frisco Roque/Rex Roof <admins@localhost>. For more information about
MIMEDefang, see:
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang/enduser.php3
A non-multipart attachment named feb29.eml was removed from this document as it
constituted a security hazard. If you require this document, please contact
the sender and arrange an alternate means of receiving it.
[ Part 2: "Attached Text" ]
this has one attachmeent of text. feb29.eml from /D/kermit/
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rcurl
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response 295 of 384:
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Mar 2 01:23 UTC 2004 |
Would it have gone through if it had been .txt instead? Some filters are
on the extensions.
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keesan
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response 296 of 384:
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Mar 2 02:41 UTC 2004 |
That is what I told Jim. I have no idea what .eml meant to him. email?
I recall sending .slk files which Windows interpreted as Excel when they were
slovak. We can't use smtp mail until he figures out the smtp server for WCC
-anyone know that? He wants to compose offline, so he ended up composing the
mail at home, uploading it to grex, importing it into the message body,
sending it to himself at WCC, going to webmail there, and forwarding it. He
sent me a test mail and it got defanged. He wants the From address to be at
wcc - is there some way to set Pine to show a reply-to address or a From
address other than grex?
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gelinas
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response 297 of 384:
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Mar 2 02:53 UTC 2004 |
No, it's not possible to reset the "From:" field in Pine on grex.
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keesan
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response 298 of 384:
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Mar 2 02:58 UTC 2004 |
Is there some way to set a reply-to address with Pine?
I also tried a program which does stmp/pop mail but WCC wanted a domain name
and password which differ from his email login and password and they don't
make public (at least online) what these might be.
The handout also mentions nothing about pop mail at WCC.
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gelinas
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response 299 of 384:
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Mar 2 03:14 UTC 2004 |
Yes, the commands are:
M ; Main menu
S ; Setup
C ; Configure
Then page down to "customized-hdrs" and
A ; Add value
At the prompt, enter
Reply-to:
(Be sure to include the colon).
<RETURN>
to accept the cahnge, the
E ; Exit config
Y ; to commit the changes
When compoosing a message, use
<CTRL>R
to bring up the "Rich Headers", which will include the "Reply-to:" line.
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keesan
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response 300 of 384:
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Mar 2 05:43 UTC 2004 |
I typed Reply-To: instead of Reply-to: but that seems to have worked. At
least it shows up in the received header. Will the recipient's email program
ask if they want to reply to the reply-to rather than the from address?
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gelinas
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response 301 of 384:
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Mar 2 11:47 UTC 2004 |
It's supposed to, Sindi.
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scott
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response 302 of 384:
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Mar 2 13:47 UTC 2004 |
The ".eml" format is how Microsoft usually does attachments. It's
proprietary, of course (those bastards!) but there's an option somewhere to
use plain-text or some other simple format.
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gull
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response 303 of 384:
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Mar 2 14:37 UTC 2004 |
".eml" has also been used as a virus vector.
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keesan
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response 304 of 384:
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Mar 2 16:07 UTC 2004 |
This time Jim tried to email me as attachment sax.x and it disappeared en
route with no error message. I suggested he mail things with grex reply-to
and give up on webmail for writing mail. WCC also sent us server info -
smtp.wwwnet.org pop mail uses stu.wccnet.org (like webmail does).
I wonder if Jim named his file .eml or if WCC's mail program did that. He
said he had to use Opera to attach it but I think it was linux Opera. Lynx
would not do attachments to webmail and told us so.
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keesan
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response 305 of 384:
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Mar 2 17:20 UTC 2004 |
Jim finally got it right and mailed me an attachment, at about the same time
that I figured out that to use non-webmail at wcc the regular login is
jdeigert@stu.wccnet.org and the email login is plain jdeigert. I have smtp
mail working now with 2 DOS mail programs, but WCC does not like the email
password (which worked for regular login and for webmail). No big deal, he
can use webmail to read his mail but it is a pain to write mail with it.
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tod
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response 306 of 384:
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Mar 2 18:39 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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keesan
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response 307 of 384:
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Mar 2 19:16 UTC 2004 |
I have changed my filter to send a few things directly to /dev/null
(last line of the filter) instead of ....../bulk - viagra, via-gra, viakgra,
xanax, cialis, vicodin. Anything addressed to webmaster and me goes to
/dev/null. Have fun with your spam net.
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krokus
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response 308 of 384:
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Mar 2 21:34 UTC 2004 |
system is slow, and loads are high.
4:29pm up 27 days, 18:18, 50 users, load average: 28.93, 29.96, 27.39
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jhudson
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response 309 of 384:
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Mar 3 20:33 UTC 2004 |
That's normal!
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jhudson
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response 310 of 384:
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Mar 3 20:53 UTC 2004 |
/tmp has a lot of files called "newuser.xxxxx"
there is a lot of junk in /var/tmp
There seems to be no script to successfully clean up
everything.
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gelinas
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response 311 of 384:
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Mar 3 21:42 UTC 2004 |
There is a script, and it does a pretty good job. But thanks for pointing
out that it may overlook a few things.
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tsty
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response 312 of 384:
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Mar 4 19:00 UTC 2004 |
newuser ttyp6 22Feb04 9days 7 2 /usr/local/bin/bash
newuser ttyp0 10Feb04 20days 11:39 10:17 pine
long emails?
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jhudson
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response 313 of 384:
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Mar 5 17:41 UTC 2004 |
???
How did somebody get the name "newuser" ?
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krokus
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response 314 of 384:
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Mar 5 23:05 UTC 2004 |
re 309
Normal? sure...
This looks normal:
6:04pm up 30 days, 19:54, 42 users, load average: 5.55, 5.65, 5.74
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russ
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response 315 of 384:
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Mar 7 12:03 UTC 2004 |
Only 15 people "on" according to "finger", but this is probably due
to something refusing to allocate pty's.
Also, Grex is excruciatingly slow. Maybe someone can clear this problem?
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krj
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response 316 of 384:
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Mar 8 18:13 UTC 2004 |
It's the return of the cold weather. Grex moves slower in colder
weather.
1:10pm up 33 days, 14:59, 52 users, load average: 29.58, 29.24, 24.87
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gelinas
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response 317 of 384:
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Mar 8 20:02 UTC 2004 |
Fixed; it's coming back down to normal:
3:02pm up 33 days, 16:51, 60 users, load average: 4.86, 9.67, 15.73
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