Guys,
I will most likely be experiencing some downtime next week due to an upcoming house move, probably Thursday - Saturday.
This will mean that:
- GORVAX will be down, so anyone routing MULTINET through it will be down as well
- CHIMPY will be down
- The IP addresses used for GORVAX's MULTINET and my bridge to Johnny MIGHT change - the ISP has not confirmed or denied this.
However, on the plus side, the new apartment will have dual 20 down/2.5 up DSL links with a load balancing router.
In addition to this, I have had a 47U rack* installed into a spare room so I will be able to bring some additional hardware online, including:
- CHIMP. AlphaServer 4100, 2 CPUs with 2 GB of RAM and about 120 GBs of disk
- RHESUS. Itanium rx2600 with dual 900 MHz CPUs and 8 GBs of RAM, 300 GB or so of disk.
- MKYVAX. VAXstation 90A, not sure about the config got it off ebay and haven't had time to fire it up
- A DECserver 200 with various toys attached including some Amigas and old CBM machines.
Accounts will be available on all of the above to anyone interested.
Sampsa
* I had this installed (along with 30+ cat6 points around the flat) in to a flat in Zone 2 of Central London. My builders think I am insane and/or a mad scientist of some kind.
On 17 Aug 2009, at 23:22, Bob Armstrong wrote:
Sorry, I should have been more grateful. I appreciate the suggestion, but
I like running my own SMTP server although the SPAMmers have made it less
fun than it used to be.
Of no, I wasn't offended or anything, just wasn't sure if you got my initial point :)
I used to run my own SMTP servers but found the SPAM got on my nerves.
Sampsa
I was just pointing out that for a lot of normal use
the whole Google Apps + fetchmail combo is rather good (and free).
Sorry, I should have been more grateful. I appreciate the suggestion, but
I like running my own SMTP server although the SPAMmers have made it less
fun than it used to be.
Bob
Sure, if you do need/want to run your own incoming SMTP server I'm sure it's good, I was just pointing out that for a lot of normal use the whole Google Apps + fetchmail combo is rather good (and free).
Sampsa
On 17 Aug 2009, at 23:06, Bob Armstrong wrote:
One thing I have found useful in stopping spam is using Google Apps as
my front-line mail exchanger.
I use PMAS from Process Software (the same guys who make Multinet). They
have a hobbyist license program and PMAS actually works pretty well at
weeding out the SPAM, but it has become something of a CPU hog in recent
releases.
Thanks,
Bob
One thing I have found useful in stopping spam is using Google Apps as
my front-line mail exchanger.
I use PMAS from Process Software (the same guys who make Multinet). They
have a hobbyist license program and PMAS actually works pretty well at
weeding out the SPAM, but it has become something of a CPU hog in recent
releases.
Thanks,
Bob
One thing I have found useful in stopping spam is using Google Apps as my front-line mail exchanger.
I just point my MX records at Google Mail, set up a catch all account and pick the mail up with fetchmail - port 25 traffic is outbound only.
Added bonus is that if my server is down no incoming mail is lost.
Sampsa
On 17 Aug 2009, at 22:56, Bob Armstrong wrote:
I've transferred all the Multinet connections from LEGATO (2.1) to CODA
(2.7).
LEGATO is being retired - even though it's a fairly fast VAX as VAXes go,
it's just not fast enough to keep with all the SPAM that I receive every
day. CODA is an AlphaServer, a DS20E, and a couple thousand SPAMs barely
even budge the CPU utilization numbers :-)
This shouldn't cause any problems for anybody - the general HECnet
connectivity is unaffected by this change, but I thought I'd mention it just
in case someone notices.
Bob
I've transferred all the Multinet connections from LEGATO (2.1) to CODA
(2.7).
LEGATO is being retired - even though it's a fairly fast VAX as VAXes go,
it's just not fast enough to keep with all the SPAM that I receive every
day. CODA is an AlphaServer, a DS20E, and a couple thousand SPAMs barely
even budge the CPU utilization numbers :-)
This shouldn't cause any problems for anybody - the general HECnet
connectivity is unaffected by this change, but I thought I'd mention it just
in case someone notices.
Bob
On 13/08/09 02:32, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Christine,
What's the DECNET address for the tunnel and/or the old IP address so I
can identify it. Also, I have managed to forget the system password for
GORVAX so will need to do a conversational boot to get into it - need to
bring GORVAX and it's host down anyway for some patches to the host OS,
will prob do this tomorrow.
I can't remember the old IP address sorry. The new one is 86.10.38.192. The old one might have been an 82.something if that helps!
Chrissie
On 12 Aug 2009, at 14:41, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 12/08/09 11:15, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Apropos down time, I will be moving house towards the end of the month
so GORVAX might be down for a day or two.
Did GORVAX used to have a connection to me? I think it might have done
but it probably got lost when my IP address changed.
Could you check please, Sampsa ?
My IP address is 86.10.38.192 and multinet is now up and running again!
Chrissie
Christine,
What's the DECNET address for the tunnel and/or the old IP address so I can identify it. Also, I have managed to forget the system password for GORVAX so will need to do a conversational boot to get into it - need to bring GORVAX and it's host down anyway for some patches to the host OS, will prob do this tomorrow.
Sampsa
On 12 Aug 2009, at 14:41, Christine Caulfield wrote:
On 12/08/09 11:15, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Apropos down time, I will be moving house towards the end of the month
so GORVAX might be down for a day or two.
Did GORVAX used to have a connection to me? I think it might have done but it probably got lost when my IP address changed.
Could you check please, Sampsa ?
My IP address is 86.10.38.192 and multinet is now up and running again!
Chrissie
On 12/08/09 11:15, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Apropos down time, I will be moving house towards the end of the month
so GORVAX might be down for a day or two.
Did GORVAX used to have a connection to me? I think it might have done but it probably got lost when my IP address changed.
Could you check please, Sampsa ?
My IP address is 86.10.38.192 and multinet is now up and running again!
Chrissie
