From john_re at fastmail.us Fri Jun 4 06:00:44 2010 From: john_re at fastmail.us (giovanni_re) Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:00:44 -0700 Subject: [brlug-general] BerkeleyTIP Join June Global Free SW HW Culture Mtgs via VOIP or in Berkeley Message-ID: <1275649244.8337.1378441381@webmail.messagingengine.com> You're invited to join in with the friendly people at the BerkeleyTIP global meeting - newbie to Ph.D. - everyone is invited. Get a headset & join using VOIP online, or come to Berkeley. 1st step: Join the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal Watch the videos. Discuss them on VOIP. 8 great videos/talks this month - see below. Starting off year 3 of BerkeleyTIP :) Join with us at the LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED at the University of California at Berkeley, or join from your home via VOIP, or send this email locally, create a local meeting, & join via VOIP: Tip: a wifi cafe is a great place to meet. :) JUNE 5 & 20 AT UCB MEETING LOCATIONS TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE VIEW THE BTIP WEBSITE & MAILING LIST PAGES FOR THE LATEST DETIALS. http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal BerkeleyTIP - Educational, Productive, Social For Learning about, Sharing, & Producing, All Free SW HW & Culture. TIP == Talks, Installfest, Project & Programming Party http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip ===== CONTENTS: 1) 2010 JUNE VIDEOS; 2) 2010 JUNE MEETING DAYS, TIMES, LOCATIONS; 3) LOCAL MEETING AT U. C. Berkeley LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED; 4) HOT TOPICS; 5) PLEASE RSVP PROBABILISTICALLY, THANKS :) ; 6) INSTALLFEST; SPECIAL: FREE 7th Annual BERKELEY WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL June 5 Sat; 7) ARRIVING FIRST AT THE MEETING: MAKE A "BerkeleyTIP" SIGN; 8) IRC: #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net; 9) VOIP FOR GLOBAL MEETING; 10) VOLUNTEERING, TO DOs; 11) MAILING LISTS: BerkeleyTIP-Global, LocalBerkeley, Announce; 12) ANYTHING I FORGOT TO MENTION?; 13) FOR FORWARDING ======================================================================= ===== 1) 2010 JUNE VIDEOS Super Computing for Business, Brian Modra, CLUG State of the Linux Union 2010, Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation Journaled Soft-Updates, Dr. Kirk McKusick, BSDCan 2010 Scientific data visualization using Mayavi2, Gael Varoquaux, Python4ScienceUCB Bringing OLPC to children in Afghanistan, Carol Ruth Silver, OLPC-SF Text-to-Speech in Ubuntu with Kttsd Kmouth Festival, blip.tv Rabbi Rabbs, the UnixRabbi, leads a group of Unix geeks, Comedy, UUASC, BS"D, 2003 The Great Debate - Are We Alone?, Geoff Marcy and Dan Werthimer, SETI at UC Berkeley Thanks to all the speakers, organizations, & videographers. :) [Please alert the speakers that their talks are scheduled for June for BTIP (if you are with the group that recorded their talk), because I may not have time to do that. Thanks. :) ] URLs for video download & full details: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/talk-videos Download & watch these talks before the BTIP meetings. Discuss at the meeting. Email the mailing list, tell us what videos you'll watch & want to discuss: http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal Know any other video sources? - please email me. _Your_ group should video record & post online your meeting's talks! ===== 2) 2010 JUNE MEETING DAYS, TIMES, LOCATIONS In person meetings on 1st Saturday & 3rd Sunday, every month. June 5 & 20, 12N-3P USA-Pacific time, Saturday, Sunday Online only meeting using VOIP: June 14 & 29, 5-6P USA-Pacific time, Monday, Tuesday Mark your calendars. 5 Sat 12N-3P PDST = 3-6P EDST = 19-22 UTC 14 Mon 5-6P PDST = 8-9P EDST = 0- 1 UTC Tues 15 20 Sun 12N-3P PDST = 3-6P EDST = 19-22 UTC 29 Tues 5-6P PDST = 8-9P EDST = 0- 1 UTC Wed 30 USA-PacificDaylightSavingsTime is -7 hours UTC, due to daylight savings currently. Times listed above should be double checked by you for accuracy. ===== 3) LOCAL MEETING AT U. C. BERKELEY - LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/directions RSVP please. See below. It greatly helps my planning. But, _do_ come if you forgot to RSVP. THE JUNE 5 & 20 ON CAMPUS MEETING LOCATIONS ARE CURRENTLY TO BE DETERMINED. HOPEFULLY KNOW ON FRIDAY JUNE 4. PLEASE VIEW THE BTIP WEBSITE & MAILING LIST FOR THE FINALIZED LOCATION. THANK YOU. ALWAYS BE SURE TO CHECK THE BTIP WEBSITE _&_ MAILING LIST FOR THE LATEST LAST MINUTE DETAILS & CHANGES, BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING! :) http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal DO BRING A VOIP HEADSET, available for $10-30 at most electronics retail stores, & a laptop computer, so you are able to communicate with the global BTIP community via VOIP. It is highly recommended that you have a voip headset, & not rely on a laptop's built in microphone & speakers, because the headphones keep the noise level down. Bringing a headset is not required, but is a great part of the being able to communicate with the global community. :) Clothing: Typically 55-80 degrees F. Weather: http://www.wunderground.com/auto/sfgate/CA/Berkeley.html Other location local meeting possibilities: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/local-meetings Create a local meeting in your town. ===== 4) HOT TOPICS Oracle owns Sun - Free SW implications? OpenOffice? OpenOffice - Ready for college Fall 2010? MakerBot, RepRap - Personal Making - Like where PCs were in 1975? Android phones - Besting iPhone? worthwhile? How knowable is the hw? - Can BSD be run on Android phones? iPad, iPhone & iPod- rooting & running GNU(Linux) & BSD ===== 5) PLEASE RSVP PROBABILISTICALLY, THANKS :) If you think there is a >70% chance ("likely") you'll come to the in person meeting in Berkeley, please RSVP to me. Thanks. It helps my planning. Please _do_ come even if you haven't RSVP'd, it's not required. Better yet, join the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list, send the RSVP there, & tell us what things you're interested in, or what videos you'll try to watch - so we can know what videos are popular, & we might watch them too. :) http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal ===== 6) INSTALLFEST Get help installing & using Free Software, Hardware & Culture. Laptops only, typically. There isn't easy access for physically bringing desktop boxes here. RSVP _HIGHLY RECOMMENDED_ if you want installfest help. Please RSVP to me, Giovanni, at the from address for this announcement, or better, join & send email to the BTIP-Global mailing list telling us what you'd like help with. This way we can be better prepared to help you, & you might get valuable advice from the mailing list members. If you are new to using free software, an excellent system would be the KUbuntu GNU(Linux) software. It is very comprehensive, fairly easy to use (similar to Windows or Mac), & suitable for personal, home, university, or business use. We are also glad to try to help people with software who join via VOIP. Please email the mailing list with requests that you want help with, so we can try to be prepared better to help you. Installfest volunteers/helpers always welcome, in person, or via VOIP. :) ===== SPECIAL - MUSIC IN BERKELEY JUNE 5 SATURDAY ===== Also June 5 Sat in Berkeley, after BTIP: ===== FREE 7th Annual BERKELEY WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL ===== Telegraph Avenue 12 Noon - 9 pm "Berkeley World Music Fest... has some of our best world musicians who call East Bay home...a wonderful event, and intimate, mix of outdoor performances in cafes and shops(the best music People's Park gets each year along Telegraph Ave. (Larry Kelp, KPFA music host)" Continuous music outdoors & in cafes http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.com/entry.asp?PageID=118 ===== 7) ARRIVING FIRST AT THE MEETING: MAKE A "BerkeleyTIP" SIGN If you get to the meeting & don't see a "BerkeleyTIP" sign up yet, please: 1) Make a BTIP sign on an 8x11 paper & put it at your table, 2) Email the mailing list, or join on IRC, & let us know you are there. Ask someone if you could use their computer for a minute to look something up, or send an email. People are usually very friendly & willing to help. We can also email you a temporary guest AirBears account login. We will have wifi guest accounts available for BTIP attendees. Be sure you have wifi capable equipment. Be Prepared: Bring a multi-outlet extension power cord. ===== 8) IRC: #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net For help with anything, especially how to get VOIP working, & text communication. ===== 9) VOIP FOR GLOBAL MEETING Speak & listen to everyone globally using VOIP. Get a headset! See some VOIP instructions here: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/voice-voip-conferencing ===== 10) VOLUNTEERING, TO DOs Enjoy doing or learning something(s)? Help out BTIP in that area. Website development, mailing list management, video locating, VOIP server (FreeSwitch, Asterisk) or client (Ekiga, SFLPhone,...), creating a local meeting. Join the mailing list & let us know. Your offers of free help are always welcome here. :) ===== 11) MAILING LISTS: BerkeleyTIP-Global, LocalBerkeley, Announce Everyone should join the BerkeleyTIP-Global list: http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal Say "hi", tell us your interests, & what videos you'll like to watch. Info on all lists here: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/mailing-lists ===== 12) ANYTHING I FORGOT TO MENTION? Please join & email the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list. ===== 13) FOR FORWARDING You are invited to forward this message anywhere it would be appreciated. Better yet, use it to create a local meeting. Invite & get together with your friends locally, & join in with us all globally. :) Looking forward to meeting with you in person, or online. :) Giovanni From dpuryear at puryear-it.com Fri Jun 4 09:34:06 2010 From: dpuryear at puryear-it.com (Dustin Puryear) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:34:06 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? Message-ID: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> A philosophical question.. I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy afterwards and so didn't respond very promptly, and then got the following: ... Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. I'm spam listing your domain to this address. You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. ... It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam really killed email? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ryan.McCain at LA.GOV Fri Jun 4 09:39:39 2010 From: Ryan.McCain at LA.GOV (Ryan McCain) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:39:39 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: <43F590F51FDB044F81A4BFDB905AB95702FE01CAEE@MAILMBX10.MAIL.LA.GOV> Hardly. I can't remember the last time I unknowingly opened more than 5 spam messages in a single week. Ryan McCain Northrop Grumman Corporation Email: ryan.mccain at la.gov Phone: 225.505.3832 Registered Linux User #364609 ________________________________ From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:34 AM To: general at brlug.net Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? A philosophical question.. I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy afterwards and so didn't respond very promptly, and then got the following: ... Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. I'm spam listing your domain to this address. You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. ... It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam really killed email? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From torrancew at gmail.com Fri Jun 4 09:41:46 2010 From: torrancew at gmail.com (Warren "Tray" Torrance) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:41:46 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: <43F590F51FDB044F81A4BFDB905AB95702FE01CAEE@MAILMBX10.MAIL.LA.GOV> References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> <43F590F51FDB044F81A4BFDB905AB95702FE01CAEE@MAILMBX10.MAIL.LA.GOV> Message-ID: The majority of my blatant, uninvited spam is caught with a high level of reliability. Instead, what makes e-mail less pleasant for me is mass-mail from companies I've dealt with that don't seem to acknowledge the "unsubscribe" button. Warren "Tray" Torrance On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 09:39, Ryan McCain wrote: > Hardly. I can?t remember the last time I unknowingly opened more than 5 > spam messages in a single week. > > Ryan McCain > Northrop Grumman Corporation > Email: ryan.mccain at la.gov > Phone: 225.505.3832 > > Registered Linux User #364609 > ------------------------------ > > *From:* general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] *On > Behalf Of *Dustin Puryear > *Sent:* Friday, June 04, 2010 9:34 AM > *To:* general at brlug.net > *Subject:* [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? > > > > A philosophical question.. > > > > I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy > afterwards and so didn?t respond very promptly, and then got the following: > > > > ? > > Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. > > > > I'm spam listing your domain to this address. > > > > You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to > interact. > > ? > > > > It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if > spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam > really killed email? > > > > --- > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mat.branyon at gmail.com Fri Jun 4 09:43:55 2010 From: mat.branyon at gmail.com (mat branyon) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:43:55 -0600 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: negative. email seems to be working for me. from my phone even. maybe you keep weird friends On Jun 4, 2010 8:34 AM, "Dustin Puryear" wrote: A philosophical question.. I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy afterwards and so didn?t respond very promptly, and then got the following: ? Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. I'm spam listing your domain to this address. You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. ? It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam really killed email? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpuryear at puryear-it.com Fri Jun 4 09:49:51 2010 From: dpuryear at puryear-it.com (Dustin Puryear) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:49:51 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local><43F590F51FDB044F81A4BFDB905AB95702FE01CAEE@MAILMBX10.MAIL.LA.GOV> Message-ID: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C0@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Well, that's a good point. Puryear IT has hit that snag before. We finally moved to Constant Contact since they handle spam reports, unsubscribes, etc. I felt it was better to let the professionals manage our newsletters. I actually recommend them. If you have someone on your newsletter, and they report you as spam, Constant Contact will reach out to you and find out what's going on. So they're pretty serious about it. I like them. From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Warren "Tray" Torrance Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:42 AM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? The majority of my blatant, uninvited spam is caught with a high level of reliability. Instead, what makes e-mail less pleasant for me is mass-mail from companies I've dealt with that don't seem to acknowledge the "unsubscribe" button. Warren "Tray" Torrance On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 09:39, Ryan McCain wrote: Hardly. I can't remember the last time I unknowingly opened more than 5 spam messages in a single week. Ryan McCain Northrop Grumman Corporation Email: ryan.mccain at la.gov Phone: 225.505.3832 Registered Linux User #364609 ________________________________ From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:34 AM To: general at brlug.net Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? A philosophical question.. I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy afterwards and so didn't respond very promptly, and then got the following: ... Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. I'm spam listing your domain to this address. You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. ... It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam really killed email? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpuryear at puryear-it.com Fri Jun 4 09:50:34 2010 From: dpuryear at puryear-it.com (Dustin Puryear) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:50:34 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C1@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Haha, no, he's not weird, but I take it he's gone a little jaded. I have to admit I struggle with spam a bit myself. I delete about 4-5 emails a day that are spam that get past our filter. From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of mat branyon Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:44 AM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? negative. email seems to be working for me. from my phone even. maybe you keep weird friends On Jun 4, 2010 8:34 AM, "Dustin Puryear" wrote: A philosophical question.. I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy afterwards and so didn't respond very promptly, and then got the following: ... Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. I'm spam listing your domain to this address. You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. ... It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam really killed email? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From keiths at neill.net Fri Jun 4 09:55:08 2010 From: keiths at neill.net (Keith Stokes) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:55:08 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C1@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C1@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: If I get 4 or 5 spam out of a couple hundred messages per day I don't consider it a problem. It's not like they are hard to spot and take more than about 1 second each to delete. I waste at least 10x more on useless e-mails from coworkers. On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > Haha, no, he?s not weird, but I take it he?s gone a little jaded. I > have to admit I struggle with spam a bit myself. I delete about 4-5 > emails a day that are spam that get past our filter. > > From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] > On Behalf Of mat branyon > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:44 AM > To: general at brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? > > negative. email seems to be working for me. > from my phone even. > > maybe you keep weird friends > > On Jun 4, 2010 8:34 AM, "Dustin Puryear" > wrote: > > A philosophical question.. > > I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got > busy afterwards and so didn?t respond very promptly, and then got > the following: > > ? > Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. > > I'm spam listing your domain to this address. > > You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to > interact. > ? > > It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I > wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More > broadly put, has spam really killed email? > > --- > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Keith Stokes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpuryear at puryear-it.com Fri Jun 4 10:09:12 2010 From: dpuryear at puryear-it.com (Dustin Puryear) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:09:12 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local><43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C1@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C5@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Haha. True. From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Keith Stokes Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:55 AM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? If I get 4 or 5 spam out of a couple hundred messages per day I don't consider it a problem. It's not like they are hard to spot and take more than about 1 second each to delete. I waste at least 10x more on useless e-mails from coworkers. On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: Haha, no, he's not weird, but I take it he's gone a little jaded. I have to admit I struggle with spam a bit myself. I delete about 4-5 emails a day that are spam that get past our filter. From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of mat branyon Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:44 AM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? negative. email seems to be working for me. from my phone even. maybe you keep weird friends On Jun 4, 2010 8:34 AM, "Dustin Puryear" wrote: A philosophical question.. I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy afterwards and so didn't respond very promptly, and then got the following: ... Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. I'm spam listing your domain to this address. You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. ... It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has spam really killed email? --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Keith Stokes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tfournet at tfour.net Fri Jun 4 10:17:51 2010 From: tfournet at tfour.net (Tim Fournet) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:17:51 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30C1@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: The issues I have with email have been kind of alluded to by you guys, and that is basically this: We're getting bombarded with emails from companies that we *did* sign up for email from, but did *not* expect to be *constantly contacted* by. An update once in a while about a new product or promotion is acceptable, but when I get 3-5 "webinar" invites from the same company every week, it's disruptive, and I end up unsubscribing from their lists. I think something is wrong with a company that, for example, sends many many emails to me per day trying to sell me their anti-spam solution! Though, it's technically not spam, since apparently at some point I did sign up for it, it has the same annoyance level. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Keith Stokes wrote: > If I get 4 or 5 spam out of a couple hundred messages per day I don't > consider it a problem. It's not like they are hard to spot and take more > than about 1 second each to delete. I waste at least 10x more on useless > e-mails from coworkers. > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > Haha, no, he?s not weird, but I take it he?s gone a little jaded. I have to > admit I struggle with spam a bit myself. I delete about 4-5 emails a day > that are spam that get past our filter. > > *From:* general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net > ] *On Behalf Of *mat branyon > *Sent:* Friday, June 04, 2010 9:44 AM > *To:* general at brlug.net > *Subject:* Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? > > > negative. email seems to be working for me. > from my phone even. > > maybe you keep weird friends > > On Jun 4, 2010 8:34 AM, "Dustin Puryear" wrote: > A philosophical question.. > > I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy > afterwards and so didn?t respond very promptly, and then got the following: > > ? > Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. > > I'm spam listing your domain to this address. > > You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to > interact. > ? > > It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder if > spam has really made Internet users this jaded? 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Karthik Poobalasubramanian Louisiana Board of Regents karthik at poobal.net karthik at la.gov 225.341.5855 skype: poobal On 6/4/10 9:34 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > A philosophical question.. > > I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy > afterwards and so didn?t respond very promptly, and then got the following: > > ? > > Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. > > I'm spam listing your domain to this address. > > You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. > > ? > > It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder > if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has > spam really killed email? > > --- > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net From sroddy at gmail.com Wed Jun 9 12:42:55 2010 From: sroddy at gmail.com (Shannon Roddy) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:42:55 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Anycast Message-ID: Anyone here ever administered an anycasted service? Thx. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <4C09193D.6010103@poobal.net> References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> <4C09193D.6010103@poobal.net> Message-ID: For some reason I've recently started receiving 1-2 spam messages a week at my Gmail account. I NEVER used to see spam in that account. It's also usually professional stuff, so I think it must be third-party solicitations from groups I'm a member of, or sites like LinkedIn. I was pretty good at recognizing them and getting rid of them, until I recently created a false positive with my own actions... I saw an email from "Frodo Baggins" with the subject line, "Jo Opportunity." So I figure, "Oh how hilarious somebody knows I'm a nerd" and deleted it. Later I got a call from a friend asking if "I had seen any weird email messages." Once I put two and two together, I realized that he was being a smartass and had sent me an email (and BCCed a few others) trying to enlist my help to "take the One Ring to Mordor to cast into the fires of Mount Doom." It seemed like some spammer shit, and the poor spelling in the subject line didn't help. :P On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Karthik Poobal wrote: > Was your friend using Hotmail? :) > > > For me, it's a non issue. Once I switched to google apps I probably see > couple of spam messages a month and even that I delete without thinking > too much about it. Now that I think about it, I get more spam in my > snail mail box every Thursday than in my email box. At least with email > I can do something to stop spam in my inbox. I'd like to cancel my > mail(snail) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hox-ni8geIw > > Fax spam? We still get them in our office. As an individual, it does not > make any sense to run your own email server any more. > > > Karthik Poobalasubramanian > Louisiana Board of Regents > karthik at poobal.net > karthik at la.gov > 225.341.5855 > skype: poobal > > On 6/4/10 9:34 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > A philosophical question.. > > > > I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy > > afterwards and so didn?t respond very promptly, and then got the > following: > > > > ? > > > > Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. > > > > I'm spam listing your domain to this address. > > > > You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to > interact. > > > > ? > > > > It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder > > if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? More broadly put, has > > spam really killed email? > > > > --- > > > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > > > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > > > > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpuryear at puryear-it.com Thu Jun 10 08:31:58 2010 From: dpuryear at puryear-it.com (Dustin Puryear) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:31:58 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D30B8@sbs.Puryear-IT.local><4C09193D.6010103@poobal.net> Message-ID: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D31AF@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Nerd. From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Jarred White Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 4:31 PM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Has spam killed the Internet? For some reason I've recently started receiving 1-2 spam messages a week at my Gmail account. I NEVER used to see spam in that account. It's also usually professional stuff, so I think it must be third-party solicitations from groups I'm a member of, or sites like LinkedIn. I was pretty good at recognizing them and getting rid of them, until I recently created a false positive with my own actions... I saw an email from "Frodo Baggins" with the subject line, "Jo Opportunity." So I figure, "Oh how hilarious somebody knows I'm a nerd" and deleted it. Later I got a call from a friend asking if "I had seen any weird email messages." Once I put two and two together, I realized that he was being a smartass and had sent me an email (and BCCed a few others) trying to enlist my help to "take the One Ring to Mordor to cast into the fires of Mount Doom." It seemed like some spammer shit, and the poor spelling in the subject line didn't help. :P On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Karthik Poobal wrote: Was your friend using Hotmail? :) For me, it's a non issue. Once I switched to google apps I probably see couple of spam messages a month and even that I delete without thinking too much about it. Now that I think about it, I get more spam in my snail mail box every Thursday than in my email box. At least with email I can do something to stop spam in my inbox. I'd like to cancel my mail(snail) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hox-ni8geIw Fax spam? We still get them in our office. As an individual, it does not make any sense to run your own email server any more. Karthik Poobalasubramanian Louisiana Board of Regents karthik at poobal.net karthik at la.gov 225.341.5855 skype: poobal On 6/4/10 9:34 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > A philosophical question.. > > I recently sent someone I know an email about catching up and got busy > afterwards and so didn't respond very promptly, and then got the following: > > ... > > Automated form touch letters. Nice, Dustin. > > I'm spam listing your domain to this address. > > You can contact me via another technology, if you actually want to interact. > > ... > > It took me a few days to get what he meant, and now that I do I wonder > if spam has really made Internet users this jaded? 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On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > We?re considering dropping Cox Cable for our business phone lines and > moving to VOIP. I know the major players, but I?d like to hear any comments > or opinions on who you?ve found works well vs. who doesn?t. > > > > > > --- > > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > > Managed IT Services for Business and Government > > > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pietu at weblizards.net Wed Jun 16 16:23:18 2010 From: pietu at weblizards.net (Petri Laihonen) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:23:18 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D32B9@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: I just learned about this today (http://www.cloudvox.com/) May or may not be suitable. P On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tim Fournet wrote: > We initially went the route of finding a SIP provider, building our own > Asterisk box, and running with that. It went well, but we had to keep > switching SIP providers because their quality would decline over time. We > eventually decided to move everything to Speakeasy and after over two years, > it's still working great. We don't have to deal with the hassle of managing > a system, and everything just works as smoothly as can be. You lose a little > bit of the asterisk flexibility, but in return you get a rock-solid system > with no downtime and almost all the features you could dream of. > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > >> We?re considering dropping Cox Cable for our business phone lines and >> moving to VOIP. I know the major players, but I?d like to hear any comments >> or opinions on who you?ve found works well vs. who doesn?t. >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >> >> Managed IT Services for Business and Government >> >> >> >> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >> >> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From torrancew at gmail.com Wed Jun 16 17:07:35 2010 From: torrancew at gmail.com (Warren "Tray" Torrance) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:07:35 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D32B9@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: I use a free DID from SIPGate in tandem with gVoice and Asterisk at home, and it works great. I haven't tried or priced their subscription service, but so far, I have no complaints with them. Also, I've heard good things about Vitelity. Warren "Tray" Torrance On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 16:23, Petri Laihonen wrote: > I just learned about this today (http://www.cloudvox.com/) > May or may not be suitable. > > P > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tim Fournet wrote: > >> We initially went the route of finding a SIP provider, building our own >> Asterisk box, and running with that. It went well, but we had to keep >> switching SIP providers because their quality would decline over time. We >> eventually decided to move everything to Speakeasy and after over two years, >> it's still working great. We don't have to deal with the hassle of managing >> a system, and everything just works as smoothly as can be. You lose a little >> bit of the asterisk flexibility, but in return you get a rock-solid system >> with no downtime and almost all the features you could dream of. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: >> >>> We?re considering dropping Cox Cable for our business phone lines and >>> moving to VOIP. I know the major players, but I?d like to hear any comments >>> or opinions on who you?ve found works well vs. who doesn?t. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >>> >>> Managed IT Services for Business and Government >>> >>> >>> >>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >>> >>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gremln007 at gmail.com Thu Jun 17 11:43:16 2010 From: gremln007 at gmail.com (Jonathan Roberts) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:43:16 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D32B9@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: I can vouch for Vitelity also. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Warren "Tray" Torrance wrote: > I use a free DID from SIPGate in tandem with gVoice and Asterisk at home, > and it works great. I haven't tried or priced their subscription service, > but so far, I have no complaints with them. > > Also, I've heard good things about Vitelity. > Warren "Tray" Torrance > > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 16:23, Petri Laihonen wrote: > >> I just learned about this today (http://www.cloudvox.com/) >> May or may not be suitable. >> >> P >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tim Fournet wrote: >> >>> We initially went the route of finding a SIP provider, building our own >>> Asterisk box, and running with that. It went well, but we had to keep >>> switching SIP providers because their quality would decline over time. We >>> eventually decided to move everything to Speakeasy and after over two years, >>> it's still working great. We don't have to deal with the hassle of managing >>> a system, and everything just works as smoothly as can be. You lose a little >>> bit of the asterisk flexibility, but in return you get a rock-solid system >>> with no downtime and almost all the features you could dream of. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Dustin Puryear >> > wrote: >>> >>>> We?re considering dropping Cox Cable for our business phone lines and >>>> moving to VOIP. I know the major players, but I?d like to hear any comments >>>> or opinions on who you?ve found works well vs. who doesn?t. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >>>> >>>> Managed IT Services for Business and Government >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >>>> >>>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> General at brlug.net >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpuryear at puryear-it.com Wed Jun 23 13:07:24 2010 From: dpuryear at puryear-it.com (Dustin Puryear) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:07:24 -0700 Subject: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D32B9@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: I don't think that CloudVox applies to us, BUT it's way cool. Nifty tech. From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Petri Laihonen Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:23 PM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers I just learned about this today (http://www.cloudvox.com/) May or may not be suitable. P On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tim Fournet > wrote: We initially went the route of finding a SIP provider, building our own Asterisk box, and running with that. It went well, but we had to keep switching SIP providers because their quality would decline over time. We eventually decided to move everything to Speakeasy and after over two years, it's still working great. We don't have to deal with the hassle of managing a system, and everything just works as smoothly as can be. You lose a little bit of the asterisk flexibility, but in return you get a rock-solid system with no downtime and almost all the features you could dream of. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Dustin Puryear > wrote: We're considering dropping Cox Cable for our business phone lines and moving to VOIP. I know the major players, but I'd like to hear any comments or opinions on who you've found works well vs. who doesn't. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Managed IT Services for Business and Government Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bendily at gmail.com Wed Jun 23 15:49:26 2010 From: bendily at gmail.com (Brad Bendily) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:49:26 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D32B9@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: Johnathan, I've been looking at the Vitelity website, what exactly do you get from them? Do you know if their service can be connect to with an Asterisk box? How are you using the Vitelity service? I'd like to have, my normal house phone connected to the Asterisk box, which would be configured to talk to my VOIP provider (Vitelity maybe?). Thanks BB On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > I can vouch for Vitelity also. > From gremln007 at gmail.com Fri Jun 25 12:08:51 2010 From: gremln007 at gmail.com (Jonathan Roberts) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:08:51 -0500 Subject: [brlug-general] Good VOIP providers In-Reply-To: References: <43452C495F09D048BF7CE9F96B65688E1D32B9@sbs.Puryear-IT.local> Message-ID: Brad, I used them as an outbound trunk on Asterisk. I am not using them any more as I was just experimenting. However, I found their support and service to be excellent. I would say give them a try. I believe they support both SIP and IAX, so you have some options. Jonathan On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Brad Bendily wrote: > Johnathan, > I've been looking at the Vitelity website, what exactly do you get from > them? > Do you know if their service can be connect to with an Asterisk box? > How are you using the Vitelity service? > > I'd like to have, my normal house phone connected to the Asterisk box, > which would be configured to talk to my VOIP provider (Vitelity maybe?). > > > Thanks > BB > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Jonathan Roberts > wrote: > > I can vouch for Vitelity also. > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: