Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:51:51PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > sysklogd tries to be better; it adapts to the current configuration rather > than leaving it up to the user to update a logrotate.d file if they change > the configuration. # If you want to rotate other logfiles daily,

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:43:04PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Please do this instead. I'm not sure why sysklogd does it's own > > rotation[...] > Because sysklogd doesn't have a fixed set of log files. I prefer to have a default logrotate script which has some "missingok,notifempty" statem

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 04:46:01PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Matt Zimmerman said on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:43:04PM -0400: > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:59:02PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > > > > > Please do this instead. I'm not sure why sysklogd does it's own > > > rotation[...] > > > >

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Matt Zimmerman said on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 07:43:04PM -0400: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:59:02PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > > > Please do this instead. I'm not sure why sysklogd does it's own > > rotation[...] > > Because sysklogd doesn't have a fixed set of log files. It does have a _defa

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:59:02PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Please do this instead. I'm not sure why sysklogd does it's own > rotation[...] Because sysklogd doesn't have a fixed set of log files. -- - mdz

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread deblists
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:45:11 +0100 Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:18:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > While /var/log/mail.log is rotated nicely on my (woody) boxes, > > I have no idea which package is responsible for that. > > Any suggestions ? > >

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Steve Kemp said on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:45:11PM +0100: > > While /var/log/mail.log is rotated nicely on my (woody) boxes, > > I have no idea which package is responsible for that. > > Any suggestions ? > > /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd > > This script rotates all the files which are output

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:18:27 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > While /var/log/mail.log is rotated nicely on my (woody) boxes, > I have no idea which package is responsible for that. > Any suggestions ? > > That would help me to solve bug #212237. Perhaps /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd, from packag

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Graham Wilson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:18:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While /var/log/mail.log is rotated nicely on my (woody) boxes, > I have no idea which package is responsible for that. > Any suggestions ? logrotate. -- gram signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Kemp
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:18:27PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While /var/log/mail.log is rotated nicely on my (woody) boxes, > I have no idea which package is responsible for that. > Any suggestions ? /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd This script rotates all the files which are output from

Rotation of /var/log/mail.log

2003-09-23 Thread deblists
Hello, fellow developers ! While /var/log/mail.log is rotated nicely on my (woody) boxes, I have no idea which package is responsible for that. Any suggestions ? That would help me to solve bug #212237. Any help is welcome. Thanks Racke -- LinuXia Systems => http://www.linuxia.de/ E

Bug#212439: ITP: libdate-ical-perl -- Perl extension for ICalendar date objects

2003-09-23 Thread Jay Bonci
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-09-23 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: libdate-ical-perl Version : 1.72 Upstream Author : Rich Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Date-ICal/ * L

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:07:46 +0200 Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:43:30AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Same here though I am sticking with SA-Exim because it saves the mail > > in a certain range so I can throw it at the Bayesian classifier. > I usually do

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:43:30AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > For now I'm using the SA-Exim method because even though it's clumsy (needs > > the .so file compiled from source so distribution isn't as trivial as an > > apt-get invocation), I used it before the Exiscan patch was available and it >

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Steve Lamb dijo [Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:29:51AM -0700]: > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve Lamb dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:21:05PM -0700]: > > > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt > > > > And what does RFC2821 have to say

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:45:55 +0200 Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For now I'm using the SA-Exim method because even though it's clumsy (needs > the .so file compiled from source so distribution isn't as trivial as an > apt-get invocation), I used it before the Exiscan patch was available

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:39:02 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 08:46:15PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Except it never hits SA nor do I even have procmail installed. Can't > > stand the ugly beast. > It never hits SA? Almost all Swen mails I got were cau

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Lamb
You are aware Mutt is perfectly capable of responding to the list. Learn it, love it, USE IT! On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:20:46 -0500 Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Lamb dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:21:05PM -0700]: > > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [1] http://www.ie

Bug#212399: ITP: libdate-leapyear-perl -- Simple module to determine whether or not a year is a leapyear

2003-09-23 Thread Jay Bonci
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-09-23 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: libdate-leapyear-perl Version : 1.7.1 Upstream Author : Rich Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Date-Leap

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Steve Lamb dijo [Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:21:05PM -0700]: > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt > > And what does RFC2821 have to say about it? I would not trust every MTA to implement newer versions of the RFC - However, it is up to you to decide

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:39:02AM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > > What are the exim rules you used to catch these things? > > > > exiscan-acl calling clamav and dropping it with a 550. A full log > > line would be: > > > > 2003-09-22 07:38:05 1A1RpB-0007Xd-Of H=(smtp21.singnet.com.sg) > > [1

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread John Hasler
Lars Wirzenius writes: > I favor this approach over simple applications of violence, such as using > an axe on any computer infected by a virus. Psychiatry just for sending viruses? I don't know. Seems pretty extreme to me. Are you sure simple beatings would not suffice? -- John Hasler [EMAIL

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:31:22PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:34:58PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > I've resorted to blocking port 25 to subnets from which these spams > > originate. Currently I have about 45 subnets (/24 and a few /16) on my > > blacklist, and so far 409

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread H. S. Teoh
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 08:46:15PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:44:50 -0400 > "H. S. Teoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another major source is rr.com, which not only gives me tons of Swen, but > > also other spam in general. I've blacklisted rr.com in /etc/hosts.deny, > > bu

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 07:34:58PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote: > I've resorted to blocking port 25 to subnets from which these spams > originate. Currently I have about 45 subnets (/24 and a few /16) on my > blacklist, and so far 409 connections have been dropped. The sad thing about this is that the

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Is there something similar for exim (woody version)? I don't care too much about the incoming bandwidth, but more about the resources that the spam and virus checks consume, especially during these spam virus waves. So I could add a (hopefully) cheap check at MTA level to reject these mails un

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Florian Weimer
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think an MTA rejecting a mail because of > oversized body doesn't have to get the whole body before rejecting the > mail. You can issue a permanent error only after you have received the body.

(forw) How to deal with debconf translations and templates

2003-09-23 Thread Christian Perrier
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Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 01:45, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:28:44AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think an MTA rejecting a mail because of oversized > > body doesn't have to get the whole body before rejecting the mail. Based > > on this, it should

Re: Virus emails

2003-09-23 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2003-09-22 at 17:53, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > The list of hardware required to stop this spam unfortunately seems to > include a time machine. Oh, that's not required at all. A simple couch will do. The couch will require a team of psychiatrists surrounding it, of course. They will then i

Re: IMPORTANT: your message to html-tidy

2003-09-23 Thread Cameron Patrick
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Re: [cjwatson@debian.org: Re: Fwd: Processing of ferret_3.0-2_i386.changes]

2003-09-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:14:02AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > The queue daemon can no longer handle PGP 2.x keys; I don't know why > and since a) the number of developers still using these kind of keys > for uploads can be counted on the fingers of a mutilated hand, b) > there are alternative meth