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Skriven 2005-02-09 16:49:22 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
    Kommentar till text 214 av mark lewis (1:3634/12)
Ärende: Header
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Hello mark,

    Responding to a post in the INTERNET area:
    On Tuesday February 08 2005 at 04:05,
    mark lewis [1:3634/12] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: Header

[snip]

 GM>> I was under the impression that SpamAbuse was Open Source and
 ml> it is...

 GM>> that the code is available to EVERYONE!
 ml> it is...

 GM>> If that is the case, can you not make modifications to the
 GM>> source, test the mods and if they are successful, upload
 GM>> them to the group?
 ml> yes, one should be able to do so... since it is housed on sourgeforge,
 ml> one would likely need to be SF registered and also accepted as a
 ml> developer on the project for easier updating of the modified source...

Does that mean that the source cannot be modified and tested _before_ the
project is updated?  If a programmer has to submit his source revisions
before testing does not seem to be much of an incentive to make an effort
to improve the program.  Or am I misunderstanding how the process works?

 GM>> I really have to dive into Abuse and use it more often.
 GM>> Is there a "template" that will obfuscate my e-mail address
 GM>> and that of my ISP?
 ml> no, not that i've found or heard of...

Something to place on the sourgeforge "To-Do" list...

 ml>>> the one thing i do like about it is that i can, over a period of
 ml>>> time, build a list of address blocks served certain countries
 ml>>> and domains and can then add them to my (featureless) SMTP mail
 ml>>> server to block those areas that i will never get legitamate
 ml>>> email from... ie: china, tiawan, korea, turkey, and others...
 GM>> It maintains a log file?
 ml> no, turn on the caching of that info and then look in that directory
 ml> ;)

I just checked my SpamAbuse Options settings and caching is turned on for
WhoIs.

 ml>>> yes, i, too, will be glad when IPv6 goes into effect but i'll
 ml>>> also hate it as much of my stuff is based on IPv4 and likely
 ml>>> will not have a path to upgrade to IPv6 :(
 GM>> As I continue to read "TCP/IP for Dummies", it is my
 GM>> understanding that IPv6 is backward compatible with IPv4; that
 GM>> is, IPv4 addresses will be translated to the IPv6 standard "on
 GM>> the fly"...  Or is there some other problem that I'm not
 GM>> understanding correctly?
 ml> well, TTBOMK, IPv6 is large enough that each person will be able to
 ml> have his own IP number... with the translation stuff, that probably
 ml> won't be apparent until the ISPs go so far, if they do, as assigning
 ml> each person their own IP instead of charging for a "static" ip...

I suspect that the ISPs will initiate a "service charge" to cover the
transition period to convert from IPv4 to IPv6.  It _should_ be an
automatic / seamless translation but the ISPs are likely to use it as a
money grab situation.

 GM>> I just now did "ipv6 install" (again) on the XPP box.  I can
 GM>> do a "ping lilwin (the W98SE box)" and get a response, but,
 GM>> when I do a "ping6 lilwin", I get a 'bad ipv6 address on
 GM>> lilwin'...  Is that what you were referring to?
 ml> likely, yes... especially if there's no IPv6 address for lilwin ;)

I tried doing an IPv6 address translation for lilwin using an IP calculator
and assigning the translated address to the localhost on lilwin.  Of course
you know that didn't work as the OS is not up to snuff for IPv6.

I guess when IPv6 becomes a "standard", any OS that is not in the XP vein
will likely have major problems accessing the Internet / e-mail unless
someone can develop a program to update the "old" OS software???

 ml> [trim]

 GM>> Are you aware of a IPv6 clone that will work on W98SE?
 ml> no, sorry... i'm not... and the w98 boxen here are one of the main
 ml> reasons why i would have a problem doing IPv6... however, it is
 ml> possible that my linux routers may be able to assign IPv6 numbers as
 ml> needed... even though the w98 boxen may not be able to use them, it
 ml> may be possible that others can use them to contact the w98 boxen...
 ml> dunno and, to be honest, i've yet to even think about playing with
 ml> IPv6 stuffs...

T'is going to be a problem.

           Cheers ... Gerald

... Conservative logic: Facing the problem = condoning immorality.
--- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-040330 [msg of Wednesday February 09 2005]
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