October 2006 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Exim and Spam Filtering

by Richard Klein

Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:26:58AM -0400, Michael Zarozinski wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a good Spam filter that hooks into the Exim MTA? >> I'm looking for something that is updated regularly but doesn't require >> much of my time. > > I know nothing about Exim, but something that interfaces it to SpamAssassin > would be good. I am biased about that, of course. :) Same here. I don't use Exim, but I do use SpamAssassin and am pretty happy with it. I've also heard that CRM-114 works very well, but is difficult to set up. The author lives in Acton, is very active on a local motorcyclist email list, has done welding for me in exchange for beer, and appeared on a couple seasons of Junkyard Wars (Crash of the New England Rubbish Deconstructionists). So maybe I can't recommend CRM-114, but I can certainly recommend the author. :) -- Rich

Oct. 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Exim and Spam Filtering

by Theo Van Dinter

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:26:58AM -0400, Michael Zarozinski wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good Spam filter that hooks into the Exim MTA? > I'm looking for something that is updated regularly but doesn't require > much of my time. I know nothing about Exim, but something that interfaces it to SpamAssassin would be good. I am biased about that, of course. :) -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "Snakes have no arms. That's why they don't wear vests." - Bob Lazarus

Oct. 27, 2006

Exim and Spam Filtering

by Michael Zarozinski

Hi all, Can anyone recommend a good Spam filter that hooks into the Exim MTA? I'm looking for something that is updated regularly but doesn't require much of my time. Thanx in Advance, Michael Z

Oct. 27, 2006

Not A Lixnux Question, But

by Mims Research

Hi all, My organization is considering submitting an application to the FCC for a non-commercial full power radio station. An FCC window for applications will open sometime in early 2007. I need an engineer who has the resources and willingness to help us with this. I know there is mapping of spectrum involved and I know we must submit engineering data to the FCC with our application. I just don't know any engineers who can do this, so I thought I'd toss it out here. Our agency is a non-profit PEG station located in Athol, Massachusetts. We need to find alternatives to communications because the future of cable access television is constantly in jeopardy. I can explain more if you like. Any resources you might be able to offer would be great. We do have a small stipend we can offer, so it's not a totally freebie job. But we really do need someone who knows how to do *this* and who would be willing to guide us through the process. Thanks for your ideas, Marie MacDonald Athol, Mass. mimsresearch(a)gmail.com

Oct. 20, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Xandros/Debian newbie question

by Gregory Avedissian

Andrew Perry wrote: > Xandros warns you against selecting any other > repository other than their own, yet I > (recklessly?)selected the "unsupprted debian site" as > a second repository- but with no luck - still no > gcompris and few choices. I wonder if I'm doing > something wrong. > Did you update your list after adding another repository? I don't know Xandros, but in Debian, it would be 'apt-get update'. If you're using a graphical package manager, such as Synaptic, there should be a button or menu choice to update (not to be confused with 'upgrade') Greg

Oct. 16, 2006

Xandros/Debian newbie question

by Andrew Perry

Being a trusting fellow and having faith in Tux magazine in particular, I decided to spend $60 on Xandros 4 Desktop Linux, based on a review in the Septmeber issue. >From the review it appeared that Xandros was like a better version of Freespire/Linspire: even more useful software like RealPlayer out of the box, better documentation and support, and at least as easy to ise. Whatever software wasn't included directly in the distro, I figured, would be available with one or two clicks from Xandros networks- or at least from Debian. Problem is, there seems to be very little software available from Xandros networks (maybe 50 packages), and my 4 year old daughter's favorite software gcompris is not available. (By the way, she's going to get her own computer soon, and she says she would never run Windows, only Linux.) Xandros warns you against selecting any other repository other than their own, yet I (recklessly?)selected the "unsupprted debian site" as a second repository- but with no luck - still no gcompris and few choices. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas ? (Thanks in advance. You guys are great!) -Dr. Andrew B. Perry Assistant Prof. of Mathematics, Springfield College 263 Alden St., Springfield MA 01109 Work Phone (413)748-3193

Oct. 15, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Truecrypt and Backups

by John Stoffel

Mike> A) I was curious if anyone is or has use(d) the truecrypt file Mike> system (truecrypt.org) If so do you have any recommendations or Mike> possible alternatives. I am thinking of using truecrypt for a Mike> partition on a USB thumb drive. I'm using it on a pair of thumbdrives on a laptop running WinXP. Haven't actually set it up under Linux yet. This was mostly to keep personal data private. So far, I've been happy with it, though I admit I don't use it all that much really. Mostly when travelling really. Mike> B) Backups -- Giving finite resources/knowledge what software do Mike> people use to do full backups? Simple is better. And drive Mike> images are an option. I'm actually proxying this question for Mike> someone not on this list. I find bacula to be pretty good for this. It will do DVDs, disks, tape as the backup media. It will even build rescue disks for system restores as well. Though that needs more testing. http://www.bacula.org

Oct. 12, 2006

Thanks Frank and Chuck

by douglas.r.aker＠verizon.com

Thanks again Frank and Chuck for opening the Access Grid Room early last night and helping me set up. Doug

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Please attend this Wednesday's WLUG, and bring your friends

by Joe Riopel

> Thanks for the talk tonight. I had mentioned to you a tool named Ant. I > figured I'd follow up and give you some more info. > > Ant can be found at: http://ant.apache.org/ For any mono/.NET developers, there is NAnt, which is very similar to Ant. http://nant.sourceforge.net/

Oct. 12, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Wednesday's WLUG - noob question on XML editor

by Joe Riopel

> My question is: what's your favorite editor for XML? The built in Netbeans XML editor is pretty nice. You'd have to install Netbeans, afaik, but it's free.

Oct. 12, 2006