Re: what are you doing about the ORBS mess?
Douglas J. Hunley offered this little gem: % I finally landed a new job and have been really busy this week. I just got Congrats! % caught up (kinda) and am at a loss about the ORBS thing. My current % sendmail.cf uses blackholes.mail-abuse.org for it's DNS spam blocking. Should % I swith that to or.orbl.org? What have you guys done about it? % Please don't chime in w/ you shouldn't do that. it censorship or any of % that other crap. If that's what you want to talk about, go to /. % I have sites to run and policies to follow. Thanks opinion ORBS have effectively shot themselves in the head. In any event, while I agree that DNS-based spam blocking is effective, I think it a blunt tool that hurts innocent users who've no idea what their ISPs are doing. What really pisses me off, though, is the ORBS random tests - they tested my mailserver once, discovered no open relay, but came back again two days later anyway. ORBS were blocked at my firewall thereafter until I took my server down when I moved. They stay on my personal shit list until I get a personal letter apologizing for attacking my server. /opinion I know little about MAPS, so, for once, I have no opinion. ;-) Kurt ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: XMMS question
--- Mark Heinrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have xmms running flawlessly for 1 user on my system (single machine - 5 users + root). For two of the users and root, I don't get any playback sound (but system sounds do work) and it plays the songs twice as fast as normal (going by the counter on the display). The other two users I haven't tried yet. Any tips? TIA. This occurs when xmms is incorrectly configured to record the MP3 to a wav format. Check the settings. = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ Step-by-step help:http://netllama.ipfox.com . __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
RE: Re: linux to be sued
Amen! Regards, Keith B. David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dep wrote: On Friday 13 July 2001 08:18 pm, Lee wrote: [snip for bandwidth] This suit hasn't happened yet. This isn't daytraders on safari. This is a law firm on a witch hunt and looking for a lead plaintiff. Guess what? If no suitable plaintiff steps forward, there's no suit! No plaintiff, no lawsuit. Hired guns trying to create employment for themselves. If they win, they win big (I'm sure they'll get 50% _plus_ all expenses if you read the fine print), and if they lose, they lose a little of their own time (which they'd probably be wasting anyway looking for another silly suit). This law firm is below contempt. Now can we dispense with this thread and get on with life? And may your life be filled with the joy of seeing many more than 50 lawyers at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
more SxS steps for July 16
Filesystems - XFS (Net Llama!) = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ Step-by-step help:http://netllama.ipfox.com . __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
you see *this*? it's *apparently* real.
^ 1. 07/16/2001 - Unthinkable Happens Between Microsoft and Open Source Computergram International: Issue 4207, July 16, 2001!%/TD%!!%TD%! - Top Stories By Gavin Clarke After months of hostility, the astounding prospect of cooperation - albeit limited - between Microsoft Corp and the open source community has been raised, as the Windows giant said it would assist work on an open source version of .NET for Linux and Unix. Microsoft told ComputerWire it would provide technical assistance to Ximian Inc in its work on the Mono Project, to develop a version of .NET for Linux and Unix using open source development. Boston, Massachusetts-based Ximian announced the Mono Project last week. David Stutz, group program manager for the shared source implementation of Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) told ComputerWire: We have talked informally with Ximian, and will determine with Ximian whether technical assistance would be appropriate. Ximian was unable to be contacted. Stutz said that Microsoft supports Ximian's work, which he called a testament to the openness and viability of the .NET platform. He said that Ximian's work potentially gives developers a choice of .NET platforms - Microsoft or Mono. Communication between the parties is a step forward for developers and customers working with mixed environments, especially as recent dialogue between Microsoft and the open source community has consisted of a series of insults over the nature of the General Public License. The Mono Project has only been made possible because key elements of Microsoft .NET have been made publicly available through standards, and Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft appears to have been blind-sided. Cooperation, though, is likely to be limited and designed to ensure the success of Microsoft's platform. While Ximian said last week said that applications built for Microsoft's .NET will execute under its planned open source CLI for Linux and Unix, Microsoft's CLI is not expected to execute Linux and Unix applications. Microsoft also hopes that the prospect of bundling features such as Instant Messaging, browser and multimedia with the operating system will tempt developers to its own platform. Theoretically, this step will give applications running on Windows richer features than Windows applications that run on Linux or Unix under Mono. This depends, though, on how the open source community builds its libraries and calling languages. Microsoft will do everything that it can to ensure that Windows remains the best place to run Windows applications. That said, if someone wants to write Windows-based applications for other platforms, we're not opposed to the idea, Stutz said. -- dep there's more to history than what's in books; that's why it took so long to happen. ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Fwd: [SLE] a free intro to Linux Systems Administration
Wow. Very nice freebie! On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:56:16 +0800 Linuxism Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thank you. Douglas J. Hunley wrote: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [SLE] a free intro to Linux Systems Administration The author hates NT, ..need I say more. http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut2000/85321/Resources/Study_Guide/all.pdf -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Help with PDF files
I have been playing with converting text files to ps format using a2ps, then to pdf format using ps2pdf. For the most part it seems to work. However, I cannot figure out how to maintain the format or font sizes of the original document. I have read about everything I could get my hands on but still cannot figure it out. I have been using kword and saving as a txt file and proceeding from there. I have been using the following commands: a2ps --borders=0 --output=filename original-document ps2pdf psfilename ps-to-pdf-file-name If anyone has been doing this, or has any clue what I am doing wrong, please let me know. This is driving me crazy! Thanks much, Vern ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
OTFwd: Paper about secure Programming in C/C++, Shell, Perl
FYI -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Paper about secure Programming in C/C++, Shell, Perl Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:16:48 +0200 From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi. On http://portal.suse.de/ in the Security Section you will find a paper about secure programming splitted in 8 parts. Enjoy reading. T. --- -- Douglas J. Hunley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Linux User #174778 Admin: http://hunley.homeip.net/Admin: http://linux.nf/ Brainbench Linux Administration Certified ~~ Now offering Linux admin services for the home user ~~ Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Netscape 6.1
Has anyone tried the new netscape 6.1. I am so digusted with 6.0 that I am ready to try it. Is it worth it? Joel ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Help with PDF files
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Plus i fail to see why anyone would want to convert from text to ps to pdf. Why not use the already existant text2pdf utility: http://freshmeat.net/projects/txt2pdf/ Quote from website: Purchasing, Licensing and Registration txt2pdf is shareware. This means that you're welcome to try it and use it as much as you want for 30 days. If after that time you like txt2pdf or would like to continue using it, we ask that you please purchase it or remove it from your system. -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
List problems?
Has anyone else been getting ghost messages dated June 28th thru July 13th from this list today? Strange. Tom ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Netscape 6.1
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:56:04 -0400 Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Has anyone tried the new netscape 6.1. I am so digusted with 6.0 that I am ready to try it. Is it worth it? Haven't tried 6.1, Joel, but I agree that 6.0 has been a dog! For the past couple of months, I've been using Opera 5.0 and really like it. It's very configurable. On those rare occasions when I need to use a Netscape browser, I pull up 4.7x. Haven't heard much one way or the other about 6.1 shrug Mike -- Many loads of beer were brought. What disorder, whoring, fighting, killing, and dreadful idolatry took place there. Baltasar Rusow, Estonia, mid 16th Century ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: List problems?
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:36:37 -0500 Tom Jandl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else been getting ghost messages dated June 28th thru July 13th from this list today? not me. -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Netscape 6.1
personally I'd just stick to plain old mozilla David Aikema - Original Message - From: Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:56 PM Subject: Netscape 6.1 Has anyone tried the new netscape 6.1. I am so digusted with 6.0 that I am ready to try it. Is it worth it? ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
testinhg.
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wuftpd
Is it possible to redirect /home/ftp/pub to a different directory (say /mnt/hda1/pub)? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Opera postscript output fails with ghostscript and ghostview
On Monday 16 July 2001 19:44, Joel Hammer wrote: I can't print with opera on my linux box. It is printer independent. I can't use gv to read the output, either, as I get a syntax error from gv on the postscript file opera generates. Here is the error: Error: /syntaxerror in -file- Operand stack: pageinit Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %--nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 %3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %5 3 %oparray_pop Dictionary stack: --dict:770/809-- --dict:0/20-- --dict:122/200-- Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 6946 GNU Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 Here is the header of the postscript file generated by opera: %!PS-Adobe-1.0 %%Creator: Qt 2.2.4 %%CreationDate: Mon Jul 16 19:27:37 2001 %%Orientation: Landscape %%Pages: 2 %%DocumentFonts: Helvetica Helvetica-Bold %%EndComments My version of ghostview is: 3.5.8. My version of ghostscript is 5.10. Any insight appreciated. Joel The usual: What kind of printer? What system are you running... 3.1? What printing system are you using? lprng? I can print from Opera to an HP printer but I use the IFHP filters, not GS anything. ++ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 07/17/01 01:26 + ++ You know it's going to be a bad day - when you jump out of bed and miss the floor. ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: List problems?
Tom Jandl offered this little gem: % Has anyone else been getting ghost messages dated June 28th thru July 13th % from this list today? Nope. Kurt ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
