Linuxers June 2005

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Spamassassin
by raj patil 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

Hi, I am facing big problem in configuring spamassin for more virtual servers. Can any one give me best solution for same . Thax. --------------------------------- Free antispam, antivirus and 1GB to save all your messages Only in Yahoo! Mail: http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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POP / IMAP Proxies
by Manish Kathuria 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

Can someone suggest me some tested and stable POP / IMAP Proxy Servers for Linux ? - Manish Kathuria

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] List usage guidelines
by Arun Khan 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

> From: Philip Tellis <philip.tellis(a)gmx.net> > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:08:47 +0530 (IST) > I'd just like that the static content we present to the world be > correct. In the same vein, I would like to suggest min. usage of Short Message Service (SMS) language on the list. While "Plz. think 2ice b4 u wud jmp off d cliff. Not bcoz sum1 told u 2 jmp." may look cute on the mobile phone displays; it may not be comprehensible to many, especially people from other culture(s) who see such messages through Google search. If acceptable, this may addressed in item 10. on the guidelines. -- Arun Khan <arunkha(a)gmail.com>

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SQUID Configuration....
by Vasudeo P Kelkar 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] POP / IMAP Proxies
by Anand, M.R. (GE Energy) 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

>Can someone suggest me some tested and stable POP / IMAP Proxy Servers >for Linux ? Try Cryrus and Exim Anand.

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Running software ... off your thumb drive
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

This is from the "i.t." magazine, and an article written by Nimesh Dubey nimishdubey(a)yahoo.com -- which I found rather interesting. Some of it is Free/Libre and Open Source Software-related. -FN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Can you install an operating system be installed on a thumb drive? This is not possible at the moment with a Windows or Mac OS. But GNU/Linux is very much of an option. See Flash Linux: http://sourceforge.net/projects/flashlinux Includes hardware detection, auto configuration and a Gnome 2.8 desktop. Also comes bundled with an office suite, a browser and some other basic applications. You'll need a 256 MB thumb drive to install all of this. Windows CE works on a thumb drive, using the Windows CD Device Emulator. It works only with a Windows PC. See more at http://blogs.msdn.com/smakofsky/archive/2004/12/20/328001.aspx Office suites: OpenOffice is your best, and so far only, option. You'll need plenty of space (about 90MB) if you wish to avail of all its features. You can download it from http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/portable_openoffice/ The OpenOffice website states that you will need at least 256MB capacity to be able to run OpenOffice on it. But the author says you'd probably need a 512MB one if you wish to save documents as well as install and use other applications on it. AbiWord is being supported with some tweaking by Craigweb -- http://craigweb.net/abiwordftd/ You can download AbiWorld from http://sourceforge.net/projects/abiwordftd Mozilla's Portable Thunderbird is a runaway winner in the category of thumbdrive-based email clients, says Dubey. Download from http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_thunderbird/ Mozilla rules supreme in the browser category too. Download from http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/ Want an organiser/planner? EssentialPIM allows you to access your daily schedule as well as phone numbers and addresses from any computer, without even going online. http://www.essentialpim.com Mozilla also has a calendar application called Portable Sunbird, but it is much more basic in nature, and suitable only for scheduling and reviewing appointments. See http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_sunbird/ Music players anyone? XM Player is http://www.un4seen.com/download.cgi?xmplay32 -- it's just 300KB! Hope you find this useful. FN

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] stop software patents!
by Anand, M.R. (GE Energy) 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

-----Original Message----- From: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in [mailto:linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in]On Behalf Of Shakthi Kannan Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:58 PM To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] stop software patents! Hi, --- Svaksh <svaksh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Cant say how much impact it will have on India Software patents have been banned in India because of the good work by FSF-India. Sk -- proudly anti-micro$oft I not sure that they r banned completely, though certain clauses were removed from the final draft which was dud to the FSF's (india chapter) efforts. Hey btw this is not a M$ haters list (just curious about ur signature) its a FLOSS believers list.

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Linux Tuitorial
by Gokul Kannan Jeyapaul 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

Hello guyz, First of thanks to one and all for helping me getting connected to internet using Red Hat Linux.. I appreciate the groups a lot.. As i already mentioned i do have personal passion towards Linux...Now i wanna start my study of linux..Pls guide me through this..Where shud i start from???Any resource pointers??PDF's...Thanks in advance Also i wud keep bugging u guys then n there with all my silly and unworthy doubts so plsssss bear with me... Regds, Gokul

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] FOSS Essay
by Sameer Niphadkar 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

> > This is the essay paper > > http://www.geocities.com/sniphadkar/FOSS.pdf > >i would love to respond to this, but i find it very difficult to >comment on a pdf document - could you put up an stx or html version >so readers can snip and comment? >-- Sure ! would upload in xml very soon. We had to present the paper in pdf format by default, hence the problem. Anyways thanks for your interest. rgds Sameer 'You will be what you WILL to Be' -James Allen

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] linux is costly!
by Vickram Crishna 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

At 12:37 AM +0530 6/27/05, Trevor Warren wrote: >--- sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote: > >> In fact i have stopped talking price with customers >> (i collect >> the M$ tax u see) and focus on a zillion other >> things which shreds >> everything that billy baba and 2000xp chors can >> throw. >[snip] > > No worries JTD, as long as we have IIM babus running commercial >organisations like those at redmond such reports are bound to >surface. Actually, it also has a sprinkling of IIT walas. Just a few, here and there. No lack of ability. Just good old organisational dynamics at work. > Infact, the report did give me a lot to ponder. You know terence, >managing networks with 500-1000 nodes with MS can be a real >nightmare especially when patching the machines on a daily basis is >more of a norm. MS has an architecture in place seamless across >distributions to push these patches across the entire enterprise. >How much of this works....you know better. Don't ever confuse working 'better' with 'perception of deliverables'. This is what kept IBM afloat in the years before MS became a standard in the industry. It's what has kept Apple from dominating the desktop. Question is, just how 'big' is the market for networks of 1000+ nodes, and how big is it for much lesser numbers of nodes? > With FLOSS in a network as big as the one consisting of 1000+ >nodes you will realise that management-patch scheduling-upgrades are >the most significant part of the TCO. This in effect drives the need >to acquire systems that the average "techie" can deal with. I tend to think that if someone studies it honestly, the results will show that applications that deliver business solutions across networks are the key - one of which may well be the ability to deploy patches remotely and securely, but let's not fool ourselves: such apps are only appreciated by techies/sysads. If you want to win hearts and minds, you have to deliver to the foot soldiers, but whether you do that or not, the big bucks get sanctioned by the big bosses. The paradigm of centralised apps, from ye olde mainframe days, is returning with web based applications becoming more powerful (in terms of deliverables). The tech issues are moving from those managed by maintenance techies to problems of security and speed. However, this is not yet obvious to senior management, which fears the lack of security, but does not understand yet how the issue of security itself has morphed. With many large organisations (and therefore, in good old copycat or 'safe' mode, most smaller ones too) still favouring MS platforms for application serving, it will take more time for FLOSS to reach the business sector. What is painful and painfully obvious too, is the fact that too many non-business sector organisations also favour the safety of numbers. I suspect this is an opportunity that too many of our listmembers are ignoring. But more on this separately. -- Vickram

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Linuxers June 2005