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SpamAssassin false positives on DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_Q?
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

I mentioned this problem at the last round-table session, but didn't get a solution, so I thought I'd post it here, just in case anyone has any suggestions to offer. I'm still seeing a whole bunch of false positives in SpamAssassin, since an update was installed in mid-September on a CentOS 5.7 system, for a rule called DATE_IN_FUTURE_96_Q, which is only supposed to be triggered when the "Date:" header has a date that is 4 days to 4 month ahead of the date in the "Received" header that … [View More]

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Winnipeg Harvest donations from December meeting - thank you!
by athompso＠muug.mb.ca 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Thanks to the generosity of our members, we were able to donate three large boxes’ worth of non-perishable food items to Winnipeg Harvest in December 2010. The text of the thank-you letter we just received (see attached) is as follows: January 5, 2011 Manitoba UNIX User Group Attn: Adam Thompson Dear Friends of Harvest, We here at Winnipeg Harvest want to thank the Manitoba UNIX User Group for your support of helping those less fortunate in our community. Over the last few months … [View More]

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FW: CIRA consultation on accented domain names
by Adam Thompson 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

CIRA, the .ca domain registrar, is proposing to allow a restricted subset of IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) in order to support accented French characters in domain names. If you speak or write in French, this will likely affect you at some point. If you use any .ca domain names, this may still affect you, although probably in less direct ways. Speaking only on my own behalf (specifically: MUUG does not currently have an official position on the matter), I encourage anyone who … [View More]cares about our national ccTLD to review the information CIRA has made available, form an opinion, and voice your opinion promptly. IMHO, this is even more important than voting – if we choose poorly in an election, we have the opportunity to collectively change our minds in five years or less (usually four), whereas the CIRA IDN policy is likely to affect Canadians and Canada itself for decades to come. There’s no automatic reconsultation in four years, and there’s no built-in review process for decisions taken by NGOs like CIRA. In fact, once a decision like this is made, there may be no recourse at all if we collectively decide we don’t like the result. It’s obvious to me that CIRA is expecting to make a tidy sum of money by doing this (otherwise I believe they would be taking a different direction altogether), which I believe is OK as long as the internet-using-public’s interests are still served. I already have an opinion on the matter, and I’ll be making a submission. CIRA is effectively an NGO [I can’t tell what their legal status is right now], and they’re voluntarily doing the right thing by consulting the public – they’re not obligated to do so – but that consultation process is only effective if CIRA members express their opinions. Please express your opinion. -Adam Thompson <mailto:athompso@athompso.net> athompso(a)athompso.net From: CIRA / ACEI [mailto:communications.ca@cira.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:29 To: athompso(a)athompso.net Subject: CIRA consultation on accented domain names <http://sm01.ott.cira.ca:80/track?mailingid=4906&messageid=3713&databaseid=2…> Consultation on accented doman names <http://www.cira.ca/assets/Images/mass-mail/CA-logo.jpg> Have your say: Join CIRA’s consultation on accented domain names _____ Dear Adam Thompson, As part of our effort to continually enhance the .CA domain, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is considering the implementation of French character Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) at the second level (to the left of the dot). An Internationalized Domain Name is simply a domain name that contains characters other than a-z, 0-9 or hyphens. CIRA is planning the addition of the following accented characters to .CA domain names: * é, ë, ê, è * à, â * ô * ù, û, ü * ç * î, ï This means you could soon see domain names like préside.ca, grâce.ca, etc. Before we can implement IDNs, CIRA is preparing a framework that will help us create a policy for launching accented domain names. As a Registrant, we are seeking your input on our proposed framework. On September 20, 2011, CIRA opened a public consultation concerning our planned launch of IDNs. The feedback received from .CA holders like you, as well as our Members, Registrars and other stakeholders, will help us shape the final IDN launch policy. Learn more about the proposed policy and share your views at <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en> www.idnconsultation.ca. About CIRA The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is the Member-driven organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada’s Internet community, and represents the .CA registry internationally. <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/learn-about-it> LEARN MORE ABOUT IDNs CIRA has developed a great interactive tool to map out all the basics about IDNs. <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/learn-about-it> View our great new IDN road map. <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/have-your-say> HAVE YOUR SAY! Tell us what you think about our proposed IDN launch process. You can <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/have-your-say/make-a-submission> make a submission or <http://www.idnconsultation.ca/community/en/have-your-say/discussions> join the discussion. <http://www.cira.ca/assets/Images/mass-mail/member/bubble-left.jpg> Connect with CIRA <http://www.cira.ca/assets/Images/mass-mail/member/bubble-right.jpg> <http://twitter.com/ciranews> <http://www.facebook.com/cira.ca?ref=ts> <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2456714> <http://www.youtube.com/ciranews> <http://www.slideshare.net/ciranews> _____ Email Information Please do not reply directly to this email. This email was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept incoming email. Inquiries regarding your .CA domain name should be directed to CIRA's Registration Support Department: Email: <mailto:info@cira.ca> info(a)cira.ca Telephone: 1-877-860-1411 Unsubscribe If you prefer not to receive future non-mandatory emails from CIRA, you may unsubscribe by sending an email to <mailto:unsubscribe@cira.ca> unsubscribe(a)cira.ca. Please allow 10 business days for processing. If you unsubscribe, CIRA will continue to send mandatory transactional messages related to your .CA domain name registration. If you are a .CA Member, you will also continue to receive mandatory messages related to your membership. Please note that if you are currently using the privacy services of your Registrar, or have your Registrar listed as your Administrative Contact, you will not be able to unsubscribe through CIRA. View CIRA's <http://www.cira.ca/privacy/policy.html> Privacy Policy. © 2011 Canadian Internet Registration Authority. All rights reserved. [View Less]

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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

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UNIX command transcript with canned input, echoed in output?
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 26 Nov '11

26 Nov '11

Howdy folks! I got a request from a prof this morning that stumped this old UNIX hack. He wants to run a UNIX command (for a language interpreter), using input from a file, and saving a transcript of the output. That much is trivial. The catch is that he'd like the transcript to have the input echoed, as if it had been typed in at the tty. I've looked at options on the script command and ssh, but can't find a simple solution to this. And it has to be simple enough for his students (… [View More]

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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

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by Gilbert E. Detillieux 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

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Fedora 15/16 problems with network name services and autofs
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

At last week's MUUG meeting, I mentioned problems I had encountered with Fedora 16, dealing with NIS and autofs. The first one was that supplementary groups defined via NIS (or LDAP, as it turns out) were being ignored (whereas those in /etc/group were not). The solution was simply to comment out the "initgroups" map line in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file... Bug 750388 - Authconfig needs to handle new 'initgroups' nsswitch map (was: secondary groups not populated) https://bugzilla.redhat.… [View More]

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Fedora 15/16 network device naming
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 14 Nov '11

14 Nov '11

At last week's MUUG meeting, during the round-table discussion, I mentioned some of the feature and problems I had encountered with Fedora 16. A couple people mentioned the fact that network device naming had changed. Here's more about that in the Fedora 15 release notes, including suggested workarounds and a way to disable the feature entirely: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Release_Notes/sect-Relea… -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> … [View More]

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