Hello, I'm new to this list, so I apologize in advance if this subject is not terribly appropriate for this list, but I've been getting an increasing number of spam messages sent to my OD address. Do you guys have any plans to install SpamAssassin or anything like it I can use to filter out spam? These messages are becoming a bit of a pain....
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:47:16AM -0400, Joe Auty wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to this list, so I apologize in advance if this subject is > not terribly appropriate for this list, but I've been getting an > increasing number of spam messages sent to my OD address. Do you guys > have any plans to install SpamAssassin or anything like it I can use > to filter out spam? These messages are becoming a bit of a pain.... A better question is do YOU have any plans to do anything about OD spam? I sent out a request many months ago for a primary OD admin. I got a couple of responses along the lines of "I'd like to help OD, but I don't want the responsibility". So, you can try to get a hold on one of the half dozen intermittently available people with administrative privleges on the OD machines at admin <at> . That said, you have sftp access to the OD machines, procmail is the local delivery agent, and spamassassin is installed on OS X server by default it would appear. Feel free to volunteer to tackle the mail situation on OD, or cobble together your own solution. Rob
On Jun 15, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Rob Braun wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:47:16AM -0400, Joe Auty wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm new to this list, so I apologize in advance if this subject is >> not terribly appropriate for this list, but I've been getting an >> increasing number of spam messages sent to my OD address. Do you guys >> have any plans to install SpamAssassin or anything like it I can use >> to filter out spam? These messages are becoming a bit of a pain.... > > A better question is do YOU have any plans to do anything about OD > spam? > I sent out a request many months ago for a primary OD admin. I got a > couple of responses along the lines of "I'd like to help OD, but I > don't > want the responsibility". So, you can try to get a hold on one of the > half dozen intermittently available people with administrative > privleges > on the OD machines at admin <at> . > Didn't that request require the potential admin to have the ability to also physically deal with the machines? I think that definitely limits the potential pool of people. If all the machines have good console servers attached, then at least anything short of true hardware failure could be handled remotely. Also, being at ISC (they're still at ISC, right?), are there techs available for doing things like HD swaps, power cycling, and the like?(Continue reading)
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 05:27:39PM -0600, Bryan Blackburn wrote:
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> Didn't that request require the potential admin to have the ability
> to also physically deal with the machines? I think that definitely
> limits the potential pool of people. If all the machines have good
> console servers attached, then at least anything short of true
> hardware failure could be handled remotely. Also, being at ISC
> (they're still at ISC, right?), are there techs available for doing
> things like HD swaps, power cycling, and the like?
>
It'd be best if someone can do the hands on as well
as the non-hands on stuff. However, since nobody is {able,willing}
to step up to do so, I don't see a problem with splitting the
task set - i.e. if we can find somebody/someplace (ISC, or ??) that
is willing to handle the physical machines, and we can find others
to handle the config/admin/etc. (all the non-physical stuff), seems
good to me.
-eric
On Jun 15, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Rob Braun wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 11:47:16AM -0400, Joe Auty wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm new to this list, so I apologize in advance if this subject is >> not terribly appropriate for this list, but I've been getting an >> increasing number of spam messages sent to my OD address. Do you guys >> have any plans to install SpamAssassin or anything like it I can use >> to filter out spam? These messages are becoming a bit of a pain.... > > A better question is do YOU have any plans to do anything about OD > spam? > I sent out a request many months ago for a primary OD admin. I got a > couple of responses along the lines of "I'd like to help OD, but I > don't > want the responsibility". So, you can try to get a hold on one of the > half dozen intermittently available people with administrative > privleges > on the OD machines at admin <at> . > > That said, you have sftp access to the OD machines, procmail is the > local > delivery agent, and spamassassin is installed on OS X server by > default > it would appear. Feel free to volunteer to tackle the mail situation > on OD, or cobble together your own solution. >(Continue reading)
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