Some thing has changed in the last several days, and it was not here.
I am curious why qmail at comcast is complaining about a "misconfigured sender" why it get the message from gentoo. (see below).
I am going to turn it off for a few days...
Lincoln
On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 00:07, bob bob wrote:
LOL "This has virtually eliminated SPAM from my inbox, and I thank you in advance for helping to keep SPAM from my inbox." Oh I bet it has.. I bet that its elimiated many MANY non spam e-mails as well.. *rolls eyes* "Imagine a school with children that can read and write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live." - Peter Cochrane >From: "qconfirm" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Please confirm your message to me >Date: 8 Sep 2003 03:58:22 -0000 >Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55]) by mc5-f27 with >Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:59:55 -0700 >Received: from baxter.homelinux.com ([68.83.245.204]) by >comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003090803595401100ksu8ve>; >Mon, 8 Sep 2003 03:59:54 +0000 >Received: (qmail 6220 invoked by uid 500); 8 Sep 2003 03:58:22 -0000 >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jF8X58JtF3VliqBwANNRsqo >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Sep 2003 03:59:55.0948 (UTC) >FILETIME=[AA1816C0:01C375BD] > >Hi, > >I (lab=Lincoln A Baxter) am now using the the "qconfirm" mail-handling >program, to quarentine mail from all senders whose email addresses >are unknown to me, or whose email addresses I have not explicitly >enabled. > >One or more messages from you are being held in my pending queue >because your address was not recognized. To release your pending >message(s) >for delivery, please reply to this request. Your reply will not be read, >so an empty message is fine. > >If you do not reply to this request, your message(s) will eventually be >returned to you, and will never be delivered to me. > >Your confirmation verifies to me (and qconfirm) that your message(s) >is legitimate and not junk-email, and you should never have to do this >again as long as you use the same reply to email address. > >If you sent a message to me by doing a "reply all" to a message I sent >to an email list we have both subscribed to, rest assured that I >have read your message from the list. If you wish(ed) to communicate >with me personally (off list) please reply to this message as indicated >above, and your message will be delivered. > >This has virtually eliminated SPAM from my inbox, and I thank you >in advance for helping to keep SPAM from my inbox. > >The reason this works is as follows: > >SPAMMERS tend not to use real "reply to" addresses. If they did, we >would be able to find them and sue them for illegally trespassing on >our equipment. > >Even if they did use real reply to addresses, they would have to >construct autoresponders (like this program) which would intelligently >do the right thing to get their message through. > >SPAM works because it is cheap for the sender, this breaks that >business model. > >Eventually qconfirm bounces the unconfirmed messages, and I never have >to look at them. > >More information about the qconfirm program can be found at >http://smarden.org/qconfirm/ Note: this URL is just a website not >an information gathering click through.... so RELAX! > >Lincoln > >--- Below this line is the top of the message from you. > >Received: (qmail 6214 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2003 03:58:22 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) > by localhost with SMTP; 8 Sep 2003 03:58:22 -0000 >Received: from mail.comcast.net > by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.3) > for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (multi-drop); Sun, 07 Sep 2003 23:58:22 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from sccrgxc02.comcast.net ([204.127.202.62]) > by sccrmxc13.comcast.net (sccrmxc13) with ESMTP > id <20030908035802s1300ai2pee>; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 03:58:02 +0000 >Received: from gentoo.org (mail.gentoo.org[204.126.2.42](misconfigured >sender)) > by comcast.net (sccrgxc02) with SMTP > id <20030908035800e0200hdfgse>; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 03:58:00 +0000 >Received: (qmail 26141 invoked by uid 1002); 8 Sep 2003 03:57:35 -0000 >Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm >Precedence: bulk >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Received: (qmail 4434 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2003 03:57:35 -0000 >X-Originating-IP: [203.52.232.1] >X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "bob bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Bcc: >Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 08:57:34 +0500 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Sep 2003 03:57:34.0641 (UTC) >FILETIME=[55DE5A10:01C375BD] >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "The Gentoo Way" see'ing linux with new eyes!! >X-Fetchmail-Warning: recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED] didn't match >any local name > >I'll answer only what I'm pretty sure of.. the rest I'd like to know more >about as well :-) > > > >"Imagine a school with children that can read and write, but with teachers >who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we >live." - Peter Cochrane > > > >[1] > ># env-update && source /etc/profile (have no clue what this is doing but > >did it anyways)(I would > >like to know though):D When do I know when to invoke this command? >The && command is a way to tell the system to kick in another command as >soon as the last one has finished.. >the other way to do that is like this: ># env-update ># source /etc/profile > > > > > >[2] > ># rc-update add xfs default (not sure what this is doing but I'm assuming > >that this is needed > >before I can install KDE or GNOME or any other windowing/gui >stuff..)(maybe > >this is telling the > >kernel to add xfee at bootup..again not sure exactly) >here you are telling it to make xfs as the default choice.. to reverse it >you would "rc-update del xfs" > > >[3] > ># /etc/init.d/xfs start (not sure...) >Starting xfs .... > > > > ># startx (This is obvious)(Started Xfree server)3 ugly ass windows...see > >ya..ctrl<backspace> >Mostly used in Gentoo for just testing to see if your vid card is setup >ok.. > > > > >Then...the mouse...this is fine upto.... > >[Quote:] > >Don't forget to add the modules that your mouse uses to > >modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4. > >Code listing 2.10: Adding entries to modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 > >[4] > ># nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 (not sure what this file is > >used for and what I'm > >doing here..looks as though I'm telling the kernel to load hardware > >settings about my mouse and or > >other hardware that I have) > ># We will add the following lines to the file. > >mousedev > >hid > >usbcore > >input > >[Unquote:] > > > >I didn't add anything to this file because I didn't understand what they > >wanted me to add and why. > >I have a "IMPS/2" mouse and made the appropriate changes to the > >/etc/X11/XF86Config file. But my > >mouse buttons and scroll wheel work fine even after reboot. > > > >Next..... > >[Quote:] > >Make sure that "qt" and "kde" are in your USE variables in make.conf. > >Make sure that (optional) "-gnome" and "-gtk" are in your USE variables >in > >make.conf. > >[Unquote:] > >[5] > >Now this is an area that really confused me even after reading the USE > >doc.. They give examples of > >what you put in thier and lead me to beleive that for every peace of > >software that I install that > >I should add the name here...Not to sure...even after reading the USE > >doc...I think some better > >examples would help maybe. > > > >[6] > >Now the strange thing is that I didn't do anything as far as a video card > >and sound card > >configuration and these just seem to work. I don't know how so I just >leave > >it alone for now. But > >eventually I would like to have Gentoo optimizing any features that these > >devices have. > >SoundBlaster Live adition Soundcard >Sblive support in kernel is pretty good.. and supports hardware mixing.. >there is little else to know.. > > >64M AGP ATI RADEON vid card. > > > > > > > >I eventually got Xfree and KDE installed using the Gentoo desktop doc. > >Again the guide was great > >because I didn't really understand allot of what I was doing but it >seemed > >to work..COOL.... > > > >Whoooo....Hooooo...some light at the end of the tunnel:D > >Configured net access with Kppp dialup utility and started to follow the > >Portage users doc to get > >my Gentoo upto date. > > > > > >Now this is where I think that I might of done something wrong. > > > >[Quote] > >Updating Portage > > > >Before using our Portage tree, it's important that you update Portage by > >doing the following: > >Code listing 1.3: Updating Portage > >This will show you what packages are going to be updated > ># emerge -up system > >This will update the necessary packages > ># emerge -u system > >[Unquote:] > > > >#emerge sync > >[7] > >But the next part right after this command is where I need to get a >better > >understanding: > >Cut&Paste: > >* NOTICE: PLEASE *REPLACE* your make.globals. All user changes to >variables > > * in make.globals should be placed in make.conf. DO NOT MODIFY > >make.globals. > > > > * Feature additions are noted in help and make.conf descriptions. >Update > > * them using 'etc-update' please. Maintaining current configs for >portage > > * and other system packages is fairly important for the continued >health > > * of your system. > > > > >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... > > >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... > > > > >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. > > > > > > * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. > > * IMPORTANT: 3 config files in /etc need updating. > > * Type emerge --help config to learn how to update config files. > > > >bash-2.05b# etc-update > >Scanning Configuration files... > >The following is the list of files which need updating, each > >configuration file is followed by a list of possible replacement files. > >1) /etc/dispatch-conf.conf > >/etc/._cfg0000_dispatch-conf.conf > >2) /etc/make.conf > >/etc/._cfg0000_make.conf > >3) /etc/make.globals > >/etc/._cfg0000_make.globals > >Please select a file to edit by entering the corresponding number. > > (-1 to exit) (-3 to auto merge all remaining files) > > (-5 to auto-merge AND not use 'mv -i'): -3 > >[8] > > > >(I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO HERE AND I CHOSE -3 BECAUSE THIS SEEMED LIKE >THE > >LOGICAL CHOICE) > >(wHAT SHOULD I BE CHOOSING AT THIS POINT?) > > > > > >Replacing /etc/dispatch-conf.conf with /etc/._cfg0000_dispatch-conf.conf > >mv: overwrite `/etc/dispatch-conf.conf'? y >That should do fine.. though to be safe I'd cp /etc/dispatch-conf.conf >/etc/dispatch-conf.conf.old-08-09-03 > > > > > > > >Replacing /etc/make.conf with /etc/._cfg0000_make.conf > >mv: overwrite `/etc/make.conf'? y >Because you make massive changes to make.conf I wouldn't do this.. >Best thing to do is to compare the two files and add into your currnent >copy, the extra lines.. (works for me *shrug*) > > > > > > >Replacing /etc/make.globals with /etc/._cfg0000_make.globals > >mv: overwrite `/etc/make.globals'? y >You should never *edit* the make.globals so yes, do an overwrite (but >backup >first like I said in the /etc/dispatch-conf.conf ) > > > > >Exiting: Nothing left to do; exiting. :) > > > >I then did: > >#emerge -u world > >Cut& _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
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