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  1. Overreaction? Definitely not... on Was Flight Ban Over Ash an Overreaction? · · Score: 1

    If you really want to see what can happen when a plane flies through volcanic ash, click this link. http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/vaac/typical%20damage.htm

  2. Are the Cellular companies paying you?? on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    Since the Antenna is right outside of your dwelling, are they actually paying you to rent the space the signal will be transmitting from? If not, you may ask them to pay you outright or have them fully isolate the signal from entering your dwelling. Otherwise, you can contact the Condo administration and ask for your "kickback" for housing such "dangerous" signals to your dwelling. Has anyone done this in the past?

  3. Re:If you are worried about it... on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    If you still want to buy it, ask your Landlord to mesh it. It is his responsibility to protect his tenants.

  4. Re:Micropayments again on By Latest Count, 95% of Email Is Spam · · Score: 1

    This is why there would be a global payment system that mail servers would join... the user would purchase a minimum of 5-10$ of eStamps and would be distributed monthly to the providers. sender provider and payment provider would get 35% of the fee while 30% goes to the receiver provider. Problem solved.
    Sender and receiver provider would make money while the actual sender is paying for it.

  5. Re:Micropayments again on By Latest Count, 95% of Email Is Spam · · Score: 1

    Surgemail already is micropayment ready... Just plug in your bank settings and you are ready to go.

  6. Re:I'm surprised it's that low on By Latest Count, 95% of Email Is Spam · · Score: 1

    Curious as to why you would need a secondary mail server for a small company when *IF* you purchase the right product, it can all be handled by one mail server. We use Surgemail and the load it can handle puts other commercial mail server software to shame.

  7. Re:More than 90% for me too on By Latest Count, 95% of Email Is Spam · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Want to reduce false positives, and your friends, colleagues and email partners to ask their provider to support either Domainkeys or SPF. Once they get on the bandwagon, their mail will no longer get false positive flagged.

  8. Re:My spam count has gone down lately on By Latest Count, 95% of Email Is Spam · · Score: 2, Informative

    check to see if your provider is using SPF... If so, they end up blocking domains that does not have one or is spoofing a domain that does have SPF setup. This helps significantly to reduce the amount of junkmail.

  9. Where they got there numbers? on By Latest Count, 95% of Email Is Spam · · Score: 1

    Look at my mail server's spam status.
    the RBL has blocked 95% of the spam out there.
    57.5% had no SPF records. Looks like SPF has gained a lot of ground now... almost half of the Internet is now using it.
    Using Surgemail, I do not need to use 3rd party anti-spam systems as the anti-spam is handled by the mail server itself. It handled 4 million messages in a month and does not break a sweat. I love this mail server and no other system can persuade me to switch... Support is incredible, service top notch... can not praise it enough.

    Spam status:
            RBL Denied 95.3% (1882484), Stamped 4.7% (93193), Checked 1975678
            Total score 3 or above 75.5% 123278/163348
            Aspam Score 1 or above 15.4%, ngood=987 nbad=2965 ncatcher=2521
            URL Database 13.6%, In database bad=12997 neutral=2168 fromnet=15138
            SPF hits (msgs) 68.8% 2753806/4002538, (no spf=2302652 57.5% pass=361145 of 4002493)
            SPF rcpts blocked 0.0% (0/698887) allow=0 dkf=5393
            Badfrom hits 0.0% bad=0 good=384559 mx=0
            Spam Bounce (0) 2.5%
            Helo failures 235981 5.7%
            SURBL 38.0% 94570/248869 0/0
            User spam actions Vanished:8 Bounced:21793 Stored:46
            Friends Allow:23059 Block:0 Confirmation:14944 (Bounced:2787 Replies:128 Spam-ratio:0.96)
            DomainKeys goodsigs=15730, badsigs=458, nosig=0, badformat=408
            SPFShare isspam=814 notspam=0 allow=0 web=2630 tell=0 (knowndb=270297)
            SpamC 104.09% (db 443774/34284) spam=108206 ok=36709 zero=103954
            From Blacklist 0 records, 0 hits
            False Pos 128/14944 0.86% (based on friend confirmations)
            False Pos 7732/41670 19% (based on msgs from friends)
            aspam_content.txt 7788 3.1%

  10. BULLSHIT! Scientists love attention. on Global Warming Irreversible, NOAA Scientist Finds · · Score: 1

    I highly doubt that global warming is reversible. What about the Canadian invention to clear our air of CO2 that is available? I think it is time that the Governments stepped up and considered investing money for the environment as I have not even seen any bailout package for the Environmental development. Guys, its our future, our childrens' futures, our grandchildrens' futures, Let's not make it worse for them to live on this planet!

  11. Been virtually Spam free for 2 years now... on Despite Gates' Prediction, Spam Far From a Thing of the Past · · Score: 1

    We have been using Surgemail for our mail server since 2005 and in 2007 we tightened up some rules. As of January 1st, 2009, we enforced either SPF or DomainKeys authentication now. Our Mail server CPU usage dropped from 7% average to only 2-3% average now. We don't use any third party filtering systems as Surgemail blocks all the junk mail for us. It has stopped Mass Phishing emails for domains that have SPF/DK records.

    If you really want to stop spam in your organization, I highly recommend trying Surgemail out.

    Real time blacklists only stop about 93% of the spam coming into our networks, the remaining 7% is stopped by SPF/DK and Surgemail's Friends system,(which Beautifully works as folders in IMAP mode so you never need to access a web page to release legitimate mail).

    Occasionally, clients do call to say that someone tried to reach them but got rejected by our server cause the sender's mail server/domain does not have an SPF/DK record. We simply ask them to email the sender and Surgemail automatically adds the client into the whitelist system allowing communications with the IMPROPERLY configured domain.

    All in all, for the past 2 years, out of 15 email accounts I have on my system (one for Mail lists, another for personal, business, etc...) I could say that I have gotten a handful of SPAM that got through (with valid SPF/DK records), but nothing SPAMCOP could not clear up after reporting them.

    I have not lost any time or money weeding through my emails to find legitimate messages, get viruses, or lost legitimate mail cause of SPAM.

    I have tried Spamassasin and others like it in the past and just causes extra load for nothing. I have used other mail solutions in the past but NOTHING BEATS Surgemail for a unified mail server system with lots of added features to boot.

  12. Email Blogging via Surgemail on Internet Communications While At Sea? · · Score: 1

    Surgemail Mail server supports Blogging via email. You may want to check it out. For personal use 5 user system it is free.
    http://www.netwinsite.com/

  13. Quick fix to this issue is 3rd person view. on Worlds.com Sues NCSoft Over MMO-Patent · · Score: 1

    Guys, need not to worry, This patent is considered invalid since the original patent pertains to 1st person view and not 3rd person view. NCSoft can easily bypass this by making sure their software never goes into 1st person view. Therefore, it invalidates worlds.com patent against NCSoft.

    Here is the quote from the patent:
    "In a preferred embodiment a plurality of users interact in the three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where each user executes a client process to view a virtual world from the perspective of that user." eg: 1st person view mode.

    Since Guild Wars is a 3rd person view mode, the lawsuit is invalid. Not sure about all the other games but to fix the issue, you need to get out of 1st person view mode to put you on the legal side.

  14. Support for Quicken/Quickbooks is bad... on Quicken 2007 For Mac Lacks EV Cert Support · · Score: 1

    I have used Quickbooks for the past 13 years and I must say that the support for fixing features and getting new features added to quickbooks really sucks. I know this first hand as I have requested features several years back and still they did not implement it.

    Quicken may be a yearly purchase but Quickbooks is setup as a subscription system and even though I have requested features, they do not want to implement simple features like Customized Duplex invoice printing, FIFO/Average cost pricing, or some simple payroll interface without the payroll tax tables.

    Seeing this bug, I know that this will not even be fixed until 2020...

    Intuit in general is a company that only listens to their bottom line and not the customers for features that we want. They release features that costs more money and we never asked for it like direct deposit of payroll services (Cheque costs cheaper and easier to do), remote access to Quickbooks (RDP is sufficient to do this) and offline backup services.

    I have been trying to find suitable replacements for Quickbooks however, there really is not a simple and more functional software out there that can replace it (Unless I build my own from the ground up)

  15. Re:SurgePlus Offsite File Synchronization. on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 1

    OHH NOW I GET IT...
    Cause I said it was a MAIL Server...
    Well yes it is but it has a FILE STORE section that meets the needs of the original writer of this article.

  16. Re:SurgePlus Offsite File Synchronization. on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 1

    How could this be even considered Offtopic let alone spam if I am currently using such a product and does EXACTLY what this guy wants it to do?

    Guess if you have not tried it = SPAM.

    Either way, his loss for not trying it.

  17. Re:SurgePlus Offsite File Synchronization. on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: 1

    Here are the direct links for the product:
    http://www.netwinsite.com/surgemail/index.htm

    http://www.netwinsite.com/surgeplus/index.htm

  18. SurgePlus Offsite File Synchronization. on BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think you should check out http://www.netwinsite.com for a product called Surgemail. It has a built in program called Surgeplus, a client that synchronizes any folders you want. You could create a script on each machine to do daily archival changes and have Surgeplus automatically upload these files to Surgemail.

    I know this is a mail server however for 5 accounts this is free to use. You can log into the same account and have each offsite to have a backup of all the files in a distributed manner.

    so the storage folder you want to backup to would be like this:
    c:\Offsite\Store001 -- current store backup is stored in
    c:\Offsite\StoreXXX -- Other stores will sync into these folders automatically (will automatically create it from the server)

    On the server you would have the folder you want to store it in as:
    private/Backup/Store001
    private/Backup/Store002
    private/Backup/Store003 ...

    BEST OF ALL, THIS IS FREE for under 5 users. Since you only need to login as the same user, it will be synchronized across all of your remote stores giving you full offsite secure backup. No need to pay for offsite backup services.

    This is also a full fledged mail/calendar server so if you want to use that portion too, it is the least expensive mail server to use internally.

    Check it out and give it a try. My clients love it!

  19. That is why there is a timer Booting in your BIOS on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 1

    I thought that AT&T has the best and brightest Tech team? They can use the Automatic Boot within BIOS at 30 minutes before work actually starts to get the machines almost fully booted (employees must login when they come in).
     
        Either way, All Employees in large corporations carry RFID cards and therefore, when they walk into the establishment, work pay MUST Start, period.

    With today's technology, there is NO Excuse by either the Employer's or Employee's part saying that they were waiting for the computer.

    What happens if the Employee's computer crashes? Does the employee's pay get suspended until it is replaced/repaired? I don't think so. It is the Employer's problem to get it fixed asap to get the employee back to work.

  20. AVAST Free Edition on Reliable, Free Anti-Virus Software? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Does the trick for me and actually removed more viruses that McAfee Missed.

  21. Re:Try Surgemail on Choosing a Replacement Email System For a University? · · Score: 1

    Forgot to mention, Support is Phenomenal! You ask for a feature or Fix, within 24 hours it is available. It supports Clusters and mirroring too.
      Complete Scalability
                            o Multiple Domain Support
                                        o Unlimited Users
                            o High performance threaded mail engine
                            o Proxy server clustering support
                                        o NFS support without locking problems
                            o New Cluster architecture avoids shared drives

  22. Try Surgemail on Choosing a Replacement Email System For a University? · · Score: 1

    I would recommend trying out Surgemail.
    This is a Multi-platform (Windows, OSX, Linux, Solaris, etc...) mail system with Built-in Calendaring features, Blogging, Photo and File Storage system, Mail list, Messenging Chat System and much more.
    check out http://www.netwinsite.com for more information.

    If you are stuck with the problems with only those 3, I will give you this feedback:
    - Hotmail sometimes loses incoming mail without informing the sender anything
    - Yahoo mail has lots of delivery delay problems
    - Google to date has been fast, functional, and supports IMAP and POP3 without paying anything extra.

    For my choice of the 3, Google would be the best. But before committing to it, consider Surgemail since most will be accessing from within your network. The other 3 will produce significant amounts of extra bandwidth usage for nothing when you can host it in house.

    I would like to keep my po.. I mean my research flowing smoothly without having the external web based email systems slowing down the Internet in general.

  23. Good digging... on Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables · · Score: 1

    Good info... Will be implementing this later tonight. I think others would like this info.

  24. Simple solution to a troubled subject on FCC: VoIP Providers Must Provide 911 Services · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, when you move your phone from one location to another, your IP Address may change. If your IP Address changes, and you want to use your phone, it should be programmed that when you pick up your receiver, it will AUTOMATICALLY call the Voice Mail box to allow you to update the 911 Location information. This can be done via a Voice Mail Update or Web Page.

    Now here is the simple thing. When 911 call is detected, it will call 911 via the Voice Mail interface, put the caller on hold while the Voice Mail will reply to the 911 Operator with the address information OR if it the information is available via web page, the Operator's Caller ID interface would interlink with the LDAP server where the client updated the information and would query this data.

    Once the operator is satisfied with address location, operator presses 1 to talk to caller and poof most info is already there.

    Nothing too hard to do... Just a little upgrade for the operators to get down with the info.

    The key is that if the IP Address changes again, the client must reprogram the 911 Caller info before making any calls.

  25. Now I hear hundreds of thousands of lawsuits... on Corporations Suffer Microsoft Activation Bug · · Score: 1

    against M$ which will need to pay restitution for this bug. I wonder how many man hours are lost on this * minimum $100-200/hour. That will be one huge bill for M$.