Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
On 03/12/2012 10:06 PM, Nataraj wrote: > On 03/12/2012 09:08 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: >> I'm going to chuck in my 2 cents worth here, as I've been using Postfix >> as a first-line filter for some years now. >> >> All of the above suggestions are very useful. The only point that I >> haven't seen in t

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
On 03/12/2012 09:08 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > I'm going to chuck in my 2 cents worth here, as I've been using Postfix > as a first-line filter for some years now. > > All of the above suggestions are very useful. The only point that I > haven't seen in this thread is that mail server/filter config

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Ron Loftin
On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 23:15 +0100, Patrick Lists wrote: > On 12-03-12 22:12, Bob Hoffman wrote: > [snip] > > Not sure if this setup is perfect, but it is working quite well. Yes, > > the mail takes a few seconds longer and there is probably more I could > > do, but this ROCKS!!! > > Totally agree

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Nataraj wrote: > On 03/12/2012 02:25 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Bob Hoffman wrote: >>> I have had the same email address since 1997 (when microsoft stole >>> bob.com from me thanks to network solutions...) >> I remember reading about you, vaguely. >> >>> Now I

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
On 03/12/2012 02:25 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Bob Hoffman wrote: >> I have had the same email address since 1997 (when microsoft stole >> bob.com from me thanks to network solutions...) > I remember reading about you, vaguely. > >> Now I have set up a centos 6 box using postfix. Today I decide

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
On 03/12/2012 04:28 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Nataraj wrote: >> I would ideally like to get several drives on a single ESATA controller >> (At least 4 would be nice, though I know it won't have amazing >> performance if I access multiple drives at once). >> > If yo

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
Over the years I have run into several situations where for one reason or another a backup utility such as dump or tar couldn't read a particular backup. For that reason, I like to periodically do a backup using another backup format. So I might use backuppc for my main backup system, but once a

Re: [CentOS] KVM CentOS i386

2012-03-12 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 03/12/2012 04:39 PM, Anton Zaytsev wrote: > Hi Ljubomir, thanx for reply. > I need for CentOS 5 exactly. It will be *great* if you'd share them. > > Are they compatable with the latest kernel? I have found some rpms in > CentOSplus repo, but they are for 2.6.18-92.1.13 only. > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Nataraj wrote: > > > I would ideally like to get several drives on a single ESATA controller > (At least 4 would be nice, though I know it won't have amazing > performance if I access multiple drives at once). > If you have internal space there are trayless hotswa

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
On 03/12/2012 12:37 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> So today I use TB size drives dropped into an external docking station. >> The docking station plugs into the server using eSATA. Then it's a >> relatively simple script run by cron to handle the daily backup. I'm > Yup. Our home directories (N

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
on/Mon Mar 12 18:39:23 EDT 2012 Jure Pecar wrote /== /On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:12:13 -0400 /Bob Hoffmanhttp://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: />/ On my centos 5 server I just used sendmail with spamassassin and it //>/ kill

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Jure Pečar
On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:12:13 -0400 Bob Hoffman wrote: > On my centos 5 server I just used sendmail with spamassassin and it > killed a lot. Still, 100s, sometimes more made it through. Then > thunderbird would weed out more, learned as it went... > Still, had an inbox with a lot of junk. Maybe

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread m . roth
Bob Hoffman wrote: > I have had the same email address since 1997 (when microsoft stole > bob.com from me thanks to network solutions...) I remember reading about you, vaguely. > Now I have set up a centos 6 box using postfix. Today I decided to try > to add smtpd restrictions. After a lot of rea

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Patrick Lists
On 12-03-12 22:12, Bob Hoffman wrote: [snip] > Not sure if this setup is perfect, but it is working quite well. Yes, > the mail takes a few seconds longer and there is probably more I could > do, but this ROCKS!!! Totally agree. I'm definitely not a postfix expert but below I have listed some rul

Re: [CentOS] hfs with extended attribute support

2012-03-12 Thread Nataraj
On 03/12/2012 05:11 AM, Wessel van der Aart wrote: > i figured that if you use filesystems and protocols most native to the > mac os you´ll get the best results in stability on the client side, > that´s why i thought of HFS. but ext4 seems to do the job well. > i´ll definitely checkout samba too.

Re: [CentOS] Cron marks mailto value as UNSAFE

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:03 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: >/ CentOS-6.2 />/ />/ We moved a cron job from a CentOS-5.7 host to a CentOS-6.2 />/ host. The MAILTO variable is set tosupport at harte-lyne.ca />/ in both instances. On the CentOS-6 hos

[CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
I have had the same email address since 1997 (when microsoft stole bob.com from me thanks to network solutions...) In the early days I of course was free with my email and used it everwhere. Fast forward to 2012, some 15 years later. woof..the amount of spam sent to me has always just kept getti

Re: [CentOS] Cron marks mailto value as UNSAFE

2012-03-12 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 12.03.2012 20:03, schrieb James B. Byrne: > CentOS-6.2 > > We moved a cron job from a CentOS-5.7 host to a CentOS-6.2 > host. The MAILTO variable is set to supp...@harte-lyne.ca > in both instances. On the CentOS-6 host instead of > receiving the mail with the output we see this in > /var/lo

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Steve Lindemann wrote: > > I believe in tape... it's just not a viable option with the large disk > sizes we have today unless you have a lot of money for a fast, > multi-drive solution.  I can backup a bit over 500GB daily in 3 hours to > external disk.  Using a s

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread m . roth
Steve Lindemann wrote: > On 3/11/2012 6:12 PM, Scott Walker wrote: >> What do you guys recommend for backing up a small CentOS server in a >> business environment. It will have (3) 300gb drives in a raid 5 array >> but I don't anticipate more than about 25gb of data that needs to be >> >> The ven

Re: [CentOS] Cron marks mailto value as UNSAFE

2012-03-12 Thread Craig White
On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:03 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > CentOS-6.2 > > We moved a cron job from a CentOS-5.7 host to a CentOS-6.2 > host. The MAILTO variable is set to supp...@harte-lyne.ca > in both instances. On the CentOS-6 host instead of > receiving the mail with the output we see this in

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Steve Lindemann
On 3/11/2012 6:12 PM, Scott Walker wrote: > What do you guys recommend for backing up a small CentOS server in a > business environment. It will have (3) 300gb drives in a raid 5 array but I > don't anticipate more than about 25gb of data that needs to be backed up > each night. > I want a lot of

[CentOS] Cron marks mailto value as UNSAFE

2012-03-12 Thread James B. Byrne
CentOS-6.2 We moved a cron job from a CentOS-5.7 host to a CentOS-6.2 host. The MAILTO variable is set to supp...@harte-lyne.ca in both instances. On the CentOS-6 host instead of receiving the mail with the output we see this in /var/log/cron instead: Mar 12 14:49:01 inet09 CROND[6639]: (cron

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Joseph Spenner
From: Brian Mathis To: CentOS mailing list Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Scott Walker wrote: > What do you guys recommend for backing up a small CentOS server in a >

Re: [CentOS] Stateless client

2012-03-12 Thread m . roth
Rushton Martin wrote: > I'm trying to configure an old 64-bit desktop machine as a client for a > CentOS server. The client must have no modifiable storage at all so my > options seem to be: > 1)Stateless network boot > 2)Live DVD > > I've been looking at the latter route, does anyone know

[CentOS] Stateless client

2012-03-12 Thread Rushton Martin
I'm trying to configure an old 64-bit desktop machine as a client for a CentOS server. The client must have no modifiable storage at all so my options seem to be: 1) Stateless network boot 2) Live DVD I've been looking at the latter route, does anyone know if there is a convenient hook

Re: [CentOS] init/upstart issue? ypbind and autofs

2012-03-12 Thread m . roth
Lars Hecking wrote: > >> Once you make the network interface no longer NM managed you can then >> perform a service network restart in your post and all network >> functionality should then become available. > > This may be desired or true in theory, but is not working. > > I have NM_CONTROLLED="

Re: [CentOS] perl .spec / srpm

2012-03-12 Thread Nick
Thanks for the links. On 12/03/12 16:06, John Doe wrote: > Maybe try to tweak: > http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/source/SRPMS/p/perl-5.14.2-212.fc18.src.rpm On 12/03/12 16:49, Johnny Hughes wrote: > This is where all the CentOS-6.2 SRPMS live: > > http://vault.ce

Re: [CentOS] perl .spec / srpm

2012-03-12 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/12/2012 10:27 AM, Nick wrote: > Hi > > Can anyone here point me in the direction of a .spec or SRPM for Perl 5.12.4 > for > CentOS6? Or even any newer version would do. > > Whilst I'm asking, ditto a Perl-enabled version of OpenLDAP (latest stable > release)? IIRC, the version in the base

Re: [CentOS] perl .spec / srpm

2012-03-12 Thread John Doe
From: Nick > Can anyone here point me in the direction of a .spec or SRPM for Perl 5.12.4 > for > CentOS6?  Or even any newer version would do. Maybe try to tweak: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/source/SRPMS/p/perl-5.14.2-212.fc18.src.rpm > Whilst I'm asking,

Re: [CentOS] init/upstart issue? ypbind and autofs

2012-03-12 Thread Lars Hecking
> Once you make the network interface no longer NM managed you can then perform > a service network restart in your post and all network functionality should > then become available. This may be desired or true in theory, but is not working. I have NM_CONTROLLED="no" in ifcfg-eth0, and it wo

Re: [CentOS] KVM CentOS i386

2012-03-12 Thread Anton Zaytsev
Hi Ljubomir, thanx for reply. I need for CentOS 5 exactly. It will be *great* if you'd share them. Are they compatable with the latest kernel? I have found some rpms in CentOSplus repo, but they are for 2.6.18-92.1.13 only. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 03/02/2

[CentOS] perl .spec / srpm

2012-03-12 Thread Nick
Hi Can anyone here point me in the direction of a .spec or SRPM for Perl 5.12.4 for CentOS6? Or even any newer version would do. Whilst I'm asking, ditto a Perl-enabled version of OpenLDAP (latest stable release)? IIRC, the version in the base repo has the Perl extensions disabled. Thanks, Ni

Re: [CentOS] php-pear problem on yum update

2012-03-12 Thread Nikos Gatsis - Qbit
Thank you all for answering Finally I exclude php-pear for updating. Leonard you are right, for some reason rpm forge has install some packs for pear. I'll leave it as is, I cant afford causing problems. We have a lot of web pages and databases running so we cant take any risk. Thank you again

Re: [CentOS] hfs with extended attribute support

2012-03-12 Thread Wessel van der Aart
i figured that if you use filesystems and protocols most native to the mac os you´ll get the best results in stability on the client side, that´s why i thought of HFS. but ext4 seems to do the job well. i´ll definitely checkout samba too. do you also serve homedirs to them? had any issues? Than

Re: [CentOS] Thunderbird and Firefox 10 font rendering

2012-03-12 Thread Toralf Lund
On 12/03/12 09:11, Toralf Lund wrote: > On 08/03/12 15:36, John Doe wrote: >> From: John Doe >> >>> Hum... playing with the gnome font settings does not change anything >>> in either firefoxes... > Really? I'm trying this again now... What I'm doing is: > > 1. Start firefox > 2. Select System->

Re: [CentOS] Thunderbird and Firefox 10 font rendering

2012-03-12 Thread Toralf Lund
On 08/03/12 15:36, John Doe wrote: > From: John Doe > >> Hum... playing with the gnome font settings does not change anything >> in either firefoxes... Really? I'm trying this again now... What I'm doing is: 1. Start firefox 2. Select System->Preferences->Fonts from the desktop panel menu. 3. I

Re: [CentOS] Thunderbird and Firefox 10 font rendering

2012-03-12 Thread Toralf Lund
On 08/03/12 17:34, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 03/08/2012 07:49 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: >> On 08/03/12 14:35, John Doe wrote: >>> I use both 3.6.26 (from centOS 5) and 10.0.2 (binary from mozilla). >>> And, after setting the same font settings in both, I cannot see any real >>> differences... >>> Onl

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-12 Thread Michael Schumacher
Hi, On Monday, March 12, 2012 you wrote: >> What do you guys recommend for backing up a small CentOS server in a >> business environment. It will have (3) 300gb drives in a raid 5 array but I >> don't anticipate more than about 25gb of data that needs to be backed up >> each night. > I stumbled