I was messing about with IrishBlogs the other week and I didn't get round to setting up a "proper" backend, so it was quite "open" to attack. The amount of comment spam that the blog has attracted in its short lifespan is truly impressive, though obviously for all the wrong reasons. … [Read more...] about Comment Spam – accidental experiments
Death of MySql
I killed MySQL this morning when I was doing an upgrade Note to self: Remember to restart the damned thing after running apt-get upgrade … [Read more...] about Death of MySql
Xtra-vision – More ripoffs
I wandered into Xtra-vision yesterday evening to pick up a DVD to find they had put up the price on rentals again. I do not think they can justify these price increases, but it's a free world etc., so I can simply vote with my wallet and go elsewhere... Or can I? Xtravision's pricing policies have fascinated me for a good while. They are a prime example of monopoly at work. In … [Read more...] about Xtra-vision – More ripoffs
SA version check
Julian gave a nice little snippet of perl to check the version of SA from the command line: perl -MMail::SpamAssassin -e 'print $Mail::SpamAssassin::VERSION;' Thanks Julian! … [Read more...] about SA version check
Bad Anti-spam measures
I am getting really tired of other people's anti-spam measures. I got the following from a mail server this morning (sanitised to protect the innocent): The address to which the message has not yet been delivered is: xx@xxxx.com Delay reason: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:: host mail.xxxxx.com xx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: 451-Thank you for emailing xxx, due to our Anti-Spam … [Read more...] about Bad Anti-spam measures