Also sprach Rebecca Pakish Crum (Wed 06 Aug 02003 at 02:23:30PM -0500): > <snip />
> It amazes me how often these two running arguments are repeatedly > debated...using localhost and spam to the amanda list. For the love of > pete...how many sys admins does it take to beat the dead horse? (I > suppose I am now guilty as well by even responding to the tirades) > > Maybe there needs to be something addressed to the newbie's when they > register with amanda.org as a part of the welcome email that says "You > are responsible for your own network...the list is open to everyone and > everything, please don't complain about spam, viruses, etc." I find > those who are bothered to be unprepared. Get a spam server...deal with > it, move on. Or maybe those complaining would like to contribute and > maintain a spam/virus server for the list. This is the 4th or 5th time > this year this subject has gone on for far too long. Amanda is free, the > knowledge everyone gains and contributes her is free, if the price is to > be 'bothered' with extra emails, then pay for some other backup utility > and you won't be bothered again. Yes, agreed; but, are the plethora of insipid and specious virus-found alarms really necessary (read: on-topic) on this -- or any -- mailing list? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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