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
Nice to see some activity, and that connectivity is going up again. :-)
Yes, the 90A is a very nice machine. Especially if it has lots of memory.
Johnny
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.
On the plus side, the new place has a 47U rack and twice the bandwidth - so I'll be able to bring the AlphaServer 4100 that I have lying around online.
Sampsa
PS: I have just acquired a VAXstation 90A - are these any good?
On 12 Aug 2009, at 04:00, Bob Armstrong wrote:
I've noticed that lots of the Multinet connections LEGATO is serving
appear to be down. Not all of them, but lots.
PDXVAX - down (I guess Zane still hasn't been able to unpack it).
PETEY - down (Is Dan back from Oz?)
DUSTY - up (good!)
SELENE - down
STUPI - down (Peter, where are you???)
ZARQON - down (Chrissie said it's too hot to run it)
MISER - down
GORVAX - up
Looks like we can still talk to the Johnny Bridge world via GORVAX, but
only areas 1 and 11 appear to be up.
Bob
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Apropos down time, I will be moving house towards the end of the month so GORVAX might be down for a day or two.
On the plus side, the new place has a 47U rack and twice the bandwidth - so I'll be able to bring the AlphaServer 4100 that I have lying around online.
Sampsa
PS: I have just acquired a VAXstation 90A - are these any good?
On 12 Aug 2009, at 04:00, Bob Armstrong wrote:
I've noticed that lots of the Multinet connections LEGATO is serving
appear to be down. Not all of them, but lots.
PDXVAX - down (I guess Zane still hasn't been able to unpack it).
PETEY - down (Is Dan back from Oz?)
DUSTY - up (good!)
SELENE - down
STUPI - down (Peter, where are you???)
ZARQON - down (Chrissie said it's too hot to run it)
MISER - down
GORVAX - up
Looks like we can still talk to the Johnny Bridge world via GORVAX, but
only areas 1 and 11 appear to be up.
Bob
Chrissie Caulfield wrote:
Bob Armstrong wrote:
I've noticed that lots of the Multinet connections LEGATO is serving
appear to be down. Not all of them, but lots.
PDXVAX - down (I guess Zane still hasn't been able to unpack it).
PETEY - down (Is Dan back from Oz?)
DUSTY - up (good!)
SELENE - down
STUPI - down (Peter, where are you???)
ZARQON - down (Chrissie said it's too hot to run it)
My Multinet connection should be run through ROOSTA in summer. The
system is up but I can't see any connections to it any more. It's the
same IP address so it should be transparent to the other end.
Just to check, my IP address is 86.10.38.192, maybe it changed again
recently and I didn't notice.
I used to have a Multinet connection to another node too, but I forget
which now.
Oops!
I just noticed that my multinet licence had expired, A new one is in the e-post so it should be back up in the next few hours I hope.
Sorry
Chrissie
Bob Armstrong wrote:
I've noticed that lots of the Multinet connections LEGATO is serving
appear to be down. Not all of them, but lots.
PDXVAX - down (I guess Zane still hasn't been able to unpack it).
PETEY - down (Is Dan back from Oz?)
DUSTY - up (good!)
SELENE - down
STUPI - down (Peter, where are you???)
ZARQON - down (Chrissie said it's too hot to run it)
My Multinet connection should be run through ROOSTA in summer. The
system is up but I can't see any connections to it any more. It's the
same IP address so it should be transparent to the other end.
Just to check, my IP address is 86.10.38.192, maybe it changed again
recently and I didn't notice.
I used to have a Multinet connection to another node too, but I forget
which now.
--
Chrissie
