Re: Samba question...

2008-04-15 Thread Brian Karas
Reboot? Hopefully you meant restart, an in: /etc/init.d/smb restart (or the equiv command on your box). On 4/14/08 10:36 PM, Gary Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Found my problem - I had edited samba.conf but forgot to reboot. argh Sorry for the bandwith. - Gary

Spam and extra MX records

2008-04-15 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
Not linux-specific persay, but mail and DNS servers can and do run in Linux, so I figure I'm more on-topic than usual. I'm curious what opinions others have, especially negative about a strategy to prevent spam from coming into your mail server. I've read a couple suggestions which make a

Performance Tuning

2008-04-15 Thread Kenny Lussier
Hi All, This should be a fairly easy one for someone out there I have made some modifications to a system for performance reasons. One of the changes that I made was setting the read_ahead_kb value to 1024 (up from 128). I used the blockdev command to do this (blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/sdb).

Re: Performance Tuning

2008-04-15 Thread Coleman Kane
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 11:06 -0400, Kenny Lussier wrote: Hi All, This should be a fairly easy one for someone out there I have made some modifications to a system for performance reasons. One of the changes that I made was setting the read_ahead_kb value to 1024 (up from 128). I used the

Re: Spam and extra MX records

2008-04-15 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Neil Joseph Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read a couple suggestions which make a good deal of sense to me, but just feel wrong. These may or may not work right now. I suspect they'll foil some spam attempts right now. They'll also decrease the

Re: Spam and extra MX records

2008-04-15 Thread Brian Chabot
Ben Scott wrote: Personally, I also find these kinds of strategies very rude. You're increasing *my* mail server's load because *you're* not willing to implement a proper anti-spam solution. Don't be a jerk about your mail system. That makes you part of the problem -- not much better

RMS speaking on 4-17 and 4-18 in Burlington area.

2008-04-15 Thread H. K. Bemis
For those interested... Forwarded Message From: jonathan d p ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RMS at St. Michael's and Champlain College Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:52:59 -0400 hi. FYI:

Re: Spam and extra MX records

2008-04-15 Thread Mark E. Mallett
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:44:35AM -0400, Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: 1 - Set a fake MX record for a nonexistent server, or for a server that won't listen on port 25 for your _highest_ MX value. Since a lot of spam will skip your lowest MX (primary) right away for a less-loaded backup MX with

Re: Spam and extra MX records

2008-04-15 Thread Ben Scott
On 4/15/08, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I once added an high numbered MX entry in a few domains which pointed to localhost. ... I recall someone getting a bit irate about spooling my mail on a GNHLUG server till my server was back up... G I got irate about *that* because you

New NH computer store selling Linux systems...

2008-04-15 Thread Brian
Some of you know this already, but I'm guessing most don't. I recently opened a computer store in Nashua, NH... quietly to try and iron out the bugs before getting busy. Well... We're open. The store is called Just Works and it's on Rt.101A just across from Building 19. We're specializing in

Re: Spam and extra MX records

2008-04-15 Thread Brian
Ben Scott wrote: On 4/15/08, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I once added an high numbered MX entry in a few domains which pointed to localhost. ... I recall someone getting a bit irate about spooling my mail on a GNHLUG server till my server was back up... G I got irate

re: looking for vt100 or older

2008-04-15 Thread Warren Luebkeman
Does anyone have, or know of anyone, that would be willing to part with a VT100 (or older) DEC terminal? Ideally I would like to get my hands on a VT05 or a VT52, or something comparable. We want to hook it up and use it as a unix terminal in the office... -- Warren Luebkeman Founder, COO

Re: looking for vt100 or older

2008-04-15 Thread Bruce Dawson
I might have one or more of the following in the barn: * vt125 * vt100 * vt62 (vt52 w/built in printer) * PDT-11/150 (vt125 w/built in PDP-11) If someone else hasn't volunteered something already, then these are available to whoever wants to come pick them up. Note: I don't know

Re: New NH computer store selling Linux systems...

2008-04-15 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently opened a computer store in Nashua, NH... specializing in complete Mandriva Linux based desktop systems ... Sounds very cool, Brian. Please keep us all posted on how things go as you get off the ground. I don't get

Re: looking for vt100 or older

2008-04-15 Thread Michael ODonnell
In case nobody offers an actual terminal of the type desired I'll bet there's an emulator available (probably even floppy-bootable) that'll turn any random cast-off PC into a terminal with all the deisred characteristics. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing

Re: New NH computer store selling Linux systems...

2008-04-15 Thread Michael ODonnell
My wife and I drive right past there on our weekly jaunts (in season) to hike Pack Monadnock Saturday or Sunday mornings - might you be open then? I didn't see hours mentioned in your email or WWW site... In any case, luck to you! ___

Re: New NH computer store selling Linux systems...

2008-04-15 Thread Brian Chabot
Michael ODonnell wrote: My wife and I drive right past there on our weekly jaunts (in season) to hike Pack Monadnock Saturday or Sunday mornings - might you be open then? I didn't see hours mentioned in your email or WWW site... the current hours are posted at:

Re: New NH computer store selling Linux systems...

2008-04-15 Thread Brian Chabot
Ben Scott wrote: On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently opened a computer store in Nashua, NH... specializing in complete Mandriva Linux based desktop systems ... Sounds very cool, Brian. Please keep us all posted on how things go as you get off the

Re: looking for vt100 or older

2008-04-15 Thread Tom Buskey
Kermit works well on a DOS boot floppy. Just get FreeDos put MS-Kermit from CU on it. On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In case nobody offers an actual terminal of the type desired I'll bet there's an emulator available (probably even