On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:44:40 -0400
Dianne Skoll wrote:
> Could the sort be using a field other than the filename, such as
> sorting by modification time? Most file managers let you sort by
> name, or by size, or by modification time, or whatever.
I see Eric already addressed that, so ok.
I can
On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:00:31 -0400
Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote:
> However, I've still no idea why the files
> 19460904PeterFrohnwedding01.jpg
[...]
> sort after 200410PeterFrohn95thBirthday02withFamily.jpg
Could the sort be using a field other than the filename, such as sorting
by modificatio
On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:41:36 -0400
Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote:
> mmdd files seem to be at end in many file managers
Sorting is not as easy as it might seem, nor is plain text. This video
by Dylan Beattie is long, but IMO worth watching...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5uJ7Nlvvo
Reg
On Sun, 8 Jun 2025 11:24:54 -0400
David Patte via linux wrote:
> Thanks Dianne. Yes, that is sort of what I am thinking, but I' think
> i'll also may have to add a test condition since I have several
> branch sets of pages.
You can have multiple RewriteRules, one for each branch. If the first
On Sun, 8 Jun 2025 11:01:37 -0400
David Patte via linux wrote:
> Could someone tell me what i need to put in my apache VirtualHost
> .conf file to redirect a complete set of pages
> from https://mySite/oldsetname/* to https://mySite/newset/*
I'd use mod_rewrite. I have not tested this at all, b
On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 14:32:44 -0400 (EDT)
James via linux wrote:
> It's very Trumpy.
> Pass a knowingly unconstitutional bill and let the courts strike it
> down.
The difference is that in Canada, we have the Notwithstanding Clause,
so governments can *legally* thumb their noses at (the rest of) t
On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 11:38:45 -0400
John Brooks via linux wrote:
> If you are concerned about this, I encourage you to tell your Member
> of Parliament.
I did that, plus I mentioned a number of other concerns about other
parts of the bill. Thanks for posting it.
IMO, parts of this bill are uncon
On Mon, 26 May 2025 11:30:46 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier via linux" wrote:
> For a little while, but don't be surprised if it's suddenly not there.
Blah. This is a bit annoying.
Anyway, I found this nifty thing on Debian 12 that does the translation
for me (haven't tested it)
iptables-save | ip
Sorry, last test, I promise.
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Hi, all,
I've updated the Mailmunge filter on the OCLUG server... please ignore this
test and sorry for the noise.
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 22:39:27 -0400
Alan McKay via linux wrote:
> Currently costing about $37 a month and we are looking for a way to
> reduce that. Maybe with fully hosted service where we do not have
> back end control or something like that. Just a GUI to manage.
Those are hard to find, but y
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 15:40:28 -0400
Jean-Francois Messier via linux wrote:
> I guess my only issue here is not so the fact that we pay in US. \but
> the fact that for such service, the emails will run around the globe
> for something rather local.
It's a mailing list. The members themselves might
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:37:41 -0400
Jean-Francois Messier via linux wrote:
> Yes, but for now, we want to avoid US, right ?
Yes? So isn't buying services from an Australia-based company and
getting your services hosted in Europe avoiding the US?
Am I misunderstanding something here? The fact th
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 10:42:15 -0400
Jean-Francois Messier via linux wrote:
> However, if you want hosting outside of USA, you have to go on the
> other side of Atlantic.
No; mailmanlists.net is based in Australia and has servers in
Australia, the EU, the UK and the USA. Presumably you can pick
wh
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:43:45 -0400
Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote:
> Pity it's from Amazon. I've been looking for alternatives, but so far
> not very promising results.
You don't need to buy on Amazon. I use Amazon as a catalog and when I
find something interesting, I search the name and model n
On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:16:40 -0400
Nash JC - NCF via linux wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with using small remote control
> devices? Ideally customizable setup would be good.
I use something similar to this:
https://www.amazon.ca/MX3-BIFANS-Keyboard-Wireless-infrared/dp/B074W38QGW?crid
On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:02:04 -0500
"Michael P. Soulier via linux" wrote:
> Mar 06 11:00:21 nicodemus postfix/submission/smtpd[4801]: warning:
> ns3042085.ip- 51-255-84.eu[51.255.84.180]: SASL PLAIN authentication
> failed: (reason unavailable), sasl_username=jsoul...@digitaltorque.ca
So Postfix i
On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 12:26:42 -0500
"Michael P. Soulier via linux" wrote:
> Hopefully I'm better now with more memory. We'll see.
OK. If you're looking for a Canadian provider, let me once again recommend
Luna Node. Their cheapest VPS is USD $3.50/month and comes with 1GB of RAM and
15GB of dis
On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 10:15:25 -0500 (EST)
James via linux wrote:
> Does anyone know how to make it the default in Firefox?
Yep.
Step 1: visit https://www.qwant.com/?l=en
Step 2: Right-click on the address bar and click "Add Qwant"
Step 3: Go to Settings and search for "Search engine" in setting
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:15:58 -0500
John Brooks wrote:
> I just want to be able to pay for my own healthcare.
You already can. Look up "Maple medical". It's expensive.
> But apparently everyone thinks we'll turn into the USA if we so much
> as think about letting any kind of free market exist
Can we please stop this thread?
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On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:26:15 -0500
Michael Goguen wrote:
> Sorry is this rant ok here?
IMO, no... please and thank you.
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:02:23 -0500
Katie wrote:
> It's interesting that you say that! I would also like insights about
> the rationale behind this particular decision [to remove POSIX from
> its standards and policies---dfs] (otherwise it seems like cancel
> culture as Dmitriy identified).
We ha
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:04:02 -0800
Ron wrote:
> A bunch o' LUGs ought to run MM3 on a VPS, each contributing to cover
> some share of costs, and each LUG can admin their own lists via the
> (quite lovely) web GUI.
> What do y'all think about something like this?
Mmm... I'm OK with OCLUG runni
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:21:43 -0800
Ron / BCLUG wrote:
> Any chance this can be deployed to the mailing list server?
Mailmunge is already deployed on the mailing list server (it takes care
of DKIM-signing the messages and fixing up a few headers to make the
mail more likely to be deliverable.)
>
Hi,
Kind of blowing my own horn, but for people running their own Postfix or
Sendmail mail server, this might be handy: https://mailmunge.org/
It's a Swiss-army-knife mail filtering/manipulating tool that integrates
with your MTA. As an example of something I do with it: By default,
the Linux l
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:59:47 -0500
Tug Williams wrote:
> I installed mailutils, and that works, and has a gentoo maintainer,
> so I'll stick with that.
OK. "mailutils" contain bog-standard UNIX tools dating back to the
1980s... that's when I first enountered the "mail" command.
Regards,
Diann
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:38:43 -0500
Tug Williams wrote:
> echo -e "Subject:midnight report for $reportDate\n$(cat $targetFile)"
> | sendmail -f "m...@example.com" -t "y...@example.com"
You can also use mail, which on Debian is packaged in
mailutils.
mail -s "Midnight report for $reportDate" \
On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 14:01:21 -0500
Tug Williams wrote:
> __blocking annoying ip address__
> A few days ago postfix started getting a connection from a single IP
> address, about 3x per minute. All failing.
This is part of the background noise of the Internet. I don't even bother
checking my lo
On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 12:12:54 -0500
Martin Hicks wrote:
> I see that OVH will give you a single IPv6 address. Will they also
> give you a /64?
Not AFAIK. They stupidly insist on giving me *ONE* IPv6 address. :(
I believe Luna Node gives you a /64 (and they are cheaper than OVH.)
I suspect that
On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:22:38 -0500
Eric Marceau via linux wrote:
> BUT ... have I correctly understood that it still depends on ARIN to
> initially identify a regional address server, which means we remain
> in the internet choke-hold of the U.S.?
Yes.
Now in theory, anyone can run an alternati
On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 21:08:02 -0500
Eric Marceau via linux wrote:
> Since the U.S. can no longer be considered a /neutral, safe or
> disinterested party/, are there any alternative mechanisms for doing
> IP lookups that do not involve probing U.S. platforms, including that
> of ARIN ?
Well, the r
On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 08:46:00 -0500 (EST)
James via linux wrote:
> Is there a command that will look up the geolocation of every ip in
> the traceroute for me?
I'm not sure... I used a script that was part of our commercial anti-spam
product back in the day.
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Dianne.
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On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 08:28:55 -0500 (EST)
James via linux wrote:
> > -https://www.namespro.ca/
> I have them but I wonder if they go through the US to get to me.
> Traceroute didn't show any host names,
For me on Teksavvy, the IPs I saw were:
206.248.155.246
206.248.153.40
206.248.153.3
On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:45:12 -0500
Eric Marceau via linux wrote:
> That is why I personally keep all my emails on my local desktop via
> Thunderbird.
When I was working, I had my personal email (self-hosted) and work email
(Google Workspace). I never logged in to Google to read my work email,
no
On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 17:06:26 -0500 (EST)
James via linux wrote:
> How do you ensure it has internet if the router is down?
I have enough infrastructure on a UPS so the router won't be down
in the event of a power failure. However, this is no different
from the converse situation: How do you read
On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 18:19:25 -0500
Eric Marceau via linux wrote:
> ALL Canadian government, banking and media sites should be hosted
> 100% in Canada.
I agree.
Should they also stop using Microsoft products? I mean... I would obviously
support that, but is it practical?
We have no idea what ba
On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 09:09:48 -0800
Ron / BCLUG via linux wrote:
> So, not only can Canadian sites using .com be locked out of their
> domains, and sites hosted in US clouds be denied access, but even if
> all that were on .ca and hosted in Canada, our interconnects are
> pathetic.
If the US shut
On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 09:12:40 -0800
Ron / BCLUG via linux wrote:
> Wouldn't spoofing attempts be foiled by DKIM & SPF, so the spoofing
> attempts are doomed to fail
Yes.
> and can't really be dealt with anyway?
Well, maybe. If a brand notices an upsurge in spoofing (via DMARC
reports) it could
On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:37:57 -0500
Tug Williams via linux wrote:
> Finally - I don't get why self-signing should be a problem? By all
> means don't trust some-dodgy-domain.com, but trust that it comes from
> some-dodgy-domain.com. Paying for a certificate seems about as
> trustworthy as paying
On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 18:55:54 -0800
Ron / BCLUG via linux wrote:
> Nicely done, Tug.
Yep, seconded. Setting up DKIM and DMARC properly can be a bit of a bear.
> They're XML files which can be posted into some online analysis tools
> to parse, or manually parsed (Nope!).
I use this tool to summa
On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:09:05 -0500
Tug Williams via linux wrote:
> Dianne - If the itch doesn't go away, I'd recommend reading "The
> UnDutchables". It is all true, and a good starting point.
Thanks for the recommendation! I've been to The Netherlands three
times and to a few cities (Amsterdam,
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:25:27 -0500
David Patte via linux wrote:
> I think that is my primary question - going up the chain from my
> internet provider, or from my registrar, how integrated or dependent
> are they on USA service providers.
At some point, there is dependency. Network providers i
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:43:44 -0500
David Patte via linux wrote:
> Would others be interested in this topic?
Sure, or more generally the topic of self-hosting. I alluded to a post
I wrote; here's a link in case it's useful for the discussion you
propose: https://dianne.skoll.ca/writings/de-googl
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:32:26 -0500
"Michael P. Soulier via linux" wrote:
> I'm thinking of moving my VPS to Amsterdam. Feel's safer these days,
> but that's likely just my rampant paranoia speaking.
I am 5% semi-seriously considering moving *myself* to The Netherlands.
Ik ben Nederlands aan het
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:14:33 -0800
Ron / BCLUG via linux wrote:
> Other options have been recommended and I have nothing against them,
> however at this point in history, I'm trying divest from any and all
> American services and companies.
I've always kept my data in Canada. I have a cheap V
On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:58:12 -0500 (EST)
James via linux wrote:
> I used to run my own but I pay for it now.
> I wanted reliable uptime if I wanted to play around with my router or
> other networking.
You can do that by putting the entire server (SMTP and IMAP) on a virtual
private server, inst
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:10:57 -0500
Alan McKay via linux wrote:
> Viber is a popular one, is not tied to your phone number, and is not
> as easy to lose your account.
Hmm... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber#Security_audit
"In May 2016, Viber published an overview of their encryption
protocol,
On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 06:11:16 -0500 (EST)
Rob Echlin via linux wrote:
> I'm pretty sure my current email software on my phone does not
> support PGP. Sometimes I might not have access to a laptop.
K9 mail does (or did... K9 has become Thunderbird Mobile and I don't know
if they kept that feature.)
On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 22:48:07 -0500
Richard Guy Briggs via linux wrote:
> We may want authentication, but I don't think this group needs
> encryption for regular club business.
For sure, especially given the list archives are available for anyone
to read anyway.
https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/lin
On Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:42:33 -0500
"r...@echlin.ca via linux" wrote:
> Is there a preferred encrypted messaging solution for personal use?
Back in the Days of Yore, we'de get together and sign each others' PGP
keys. GnuPG works well for email. And I trust it more than some
closed-source third-
On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:36:41 -0500
Rick Leir wrote:
> My guess is that it has something to do with the max port number.
Nope. The actual answer was in my original email. They're using a pipe
as a counting semaphore. I guess it was done this way for portability, before
SysV or POSIX semaphores
Hi,
Yeah, yeah, I'm bored.
GNU Make has a "-jn" option that lets you run up to "n" parallel make
processes in parallel. I use it a lot because my workstation is stupidly
powerful (32 cores / 64 threads).
Then I started trying higher and higher values of "n". All went well
up to about 65535. B
On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:48:39 -0400
Tug Williams via linux wrote:
> Also, if you have a USB socket kicking out 20V, then you probably
> have bigger problems.
AFAIK, USB C devices can negotiate a higher charging voltage. It's
how you get more power to them without having to carry a
ridiculously-h
Hi, all,
Tha Pinebook Pro has been claimed.
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Hi,
I have a Pinebook Pro that I don't really use, so I'm offering it for
sale. It's in excellent condition. New, it costs USD $219; you can
have mine for CAD $100.
https://pine64.com/
I'll factory-reset the OS to your choice of the following Manjaro
images:
https://manjaro.org/download/
(Se
On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 00:21:46 -0400
Michael Goguen via linux wrote:
> Has anyone here ever heard of some alternative social media services
> like identi dot ca and pump dot io ?
I think those are moribund or dead. The most viable one seems to be
Mastodon.
I'm on mastodon.social, but there's also
On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:25:59 -0400
Alex Pilon , linux@linux-ottawa.org wrote:
> I meant your changes.
I didn't make them public. They're trivial; merely changing the
ssl(cmd), ssl(enc) and ssl(salt) settings.
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:31:39 -0400
Alex Pilon wrote:
> I get NXDOMAIN from that in Chrome, because the last in the chain of
> CNAMEs SERVFAILs periodically, on my local resolver or against
> 8.8.8.8. Is it just my site or my part of the Internet?
Works fine for me. Also doing "host wbsoft.home.
Hi,
Because I use a password keeper strictly for my own use and not any kind
of sharing across a company, I use a modified version of TkPasman.
https://wbsoft.home.xs4all.nl/linux/tkpasman.html
It's unfortunately no longer maintained, but I hacked it slightly to
improve the encryption algorithm
Hi,
I have a friend whose company has three computers running an old version
of CentOS, that need to be upgraded to the latest RHEL. They are probably
running some proprietary electronic design automation software that
will need to continue working.
If you're interested, please reply directly to
On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 12:40:46 -0500
Jean-Francois Messier via linux wrote:
> In some failed logins, I saw somewhere an error about expired
> certificates. Since this time, I never managed to login with the same
> credentials I used previously.
> My question: Where are those files, so I could find
Hi, everyone,
I've finished my work on improving the list deliverability. Let's see
if it actually works. Here are the changes:
1) For outbound list traffic, change the From: header from:
From: Original Poster
To:
From: Original Poster via linux
2) In order to keep the same semant
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