"You don't have the right to send my clients email, you have the privilege of asking if we wish to receive email from you."
I see this a lot, but it's always without justification. Could the same thing be said of people's web pages who are slashdotted? It's basically the same problem - a lot of unwanted traffic. However, somehow slashdotting is fun while spamming is so eeeeevil that it's a crime worse than just about anything.
I think that Linux _allows_ the user to be more knowledgeable. it doesn't try to hide things as much. It may try to give you a simple interface, but hiding is not something it generally does.
No, it doesn't. You have to download and install Mozilla. Postfix comes preinstalled on RH, you just have to switch using a single command, and then restart the mail server. It's very, very easy.
"When police catch drug runners, they seize the drug runners possesions (house and car). Why couldn't it be the same for spammy??"
That's a terrible law for drug runners, it would be even worse for people who are just sending email.
Honestly, even after they have acquitted someone, often times they still cannot get back their property. I don't want a police state, and I bet that you don't either.
Actually, most people levy the same criticisms of Sendmail that they do of Windows. And guess what? Since you have choice in the Linux world you have both distributions that ship Sendmail AND distributions that ship stuff that's, well, actually secure.
I have admin'd sendmail from the mc files, and I still must say, POSTFIX IS MUCH EASIER!!! In addition, Postfix is uber-secure. Wietse never lets any foreign data touch a privileged daemon. Even with local delivery, the daemon drops it's privileges _before_ getting the data to deliver.
And, amazingly, it's very, very fast.
And, it has excellent resource controls, so you don't inadvertantly DOS yourself.
So you think people are scummy who have other things to do than follow your "shoot first ask questions later" approach to your annoyances? I think that just means they have a real job.
I hope that this will change people's minds about email marketing - there's a whole lot of it that's legitamate, but a few guys like this one give the industry a bad name.
Why not? I wish they would release all the old great movies to the theaters every once in a while. Most of the old ones are better than the new ones, anyway. I'd rather them re-release something good than release a new sucky film.
I don't understand our fascination with "new!", "new!", "new!" It just seems a waste. New stuff is great, but lets not get too far ahead of ourselves.
"The title of the/. article had me expecting that they were going to release a 10 hour film, but I guess that would be too long, and the movies would make less profit. Instead they can make a 3 movie marathon and have everybody pay 3 times as much!"
It really is amazing how well that works. I've heard a story about a guy who had a bike shop. He had two jars of ball bearings. One for 20c and another for 80c a bearing. He advertised his 20c price, because otherwise noone would come to his store if he only had 80c ball bearings. However, upon coming to the store, everyone would opt for the 80c ones, thinking them superior. Anyway, one day his assistant notified him that they were almost out of 80c bearings. The manager, doing what he always did, simply took some of the bearings from the 20c jar and added them to the 80c jar, since they were all the same bearing any way.
Yes, but Macs _encourage_ you to know the whole system. That's the difference, with Macs you can know your tool. With Windows, you can't. Mac users are usually very intelligent and very resourceful with their Macs. They usually have it customized and tweaked straight to the way they like to work. With Windows, it's very much "don't touch that" "you don't need to know what that does" "it really works a little different underneath the hood" and "why don't you just let your system administrator take care of that". With Mac, users are encouraged to even mess with the system folder, moving extensions around and the like.
Honestly, running full-blown virus scanners in maximum mode makes almost every computer crawl. I've never seen a bigger waste of money than a properly managed Windows shop.
Virus Scanner on "full"
Completely locked down
All software installations have to be approved by IT, who definitely won't get around to it before you need it
Periodic internal audits for license violations
The manpower required to keep it humming makes you wonder why you don't just switch to paper and pencil, or Linux or MacOS perhaps.
Note that it's not just the operating system, it's the whole culture of stupidity that was created by Microsoft. Macintoshes, although easy to use, are not part of this because Macs really _are_ simpler, they aren't just a pretty face on a complex system (well, at least before OS X - I haven't used it enough to comment). Anyway, Microsoft has pushed the idea that not only can you be an idiot and own a computer, that you should be one, too. That they will handle everything for you, and you should just be click-happy. It is this atmosphere that is most damaging.
"Don't think about how this whiz-bang technology impacts you in the long term - just use it and trust us"
Thus we have everyone and their dog composing messages in HTML, and attaching all sorts of craziness to their emails when plain text would do just fine. Also, since Windows users are used to _sending_ all sorts of attachments, they think that receiving them is just as safe.
If you buy site licenses, then you HAVE TO UPGRADE. In fact, my entire post was based on the possibility of a company who had a site license, but decided not to upgrade.
"And what if in the course of running his business, he decided not to devote absolutly rediculous amounts of time and money to accounting, or stock control, or quality assurance, or...... well you get my point."
Except it's not valid. You shouldn't devote rediculous amounts of time to any of these. Accountants don't overrun most companies, because although you should keep accurate books, the rules for doing so are made by accounting professionals, not some external organization trying to sell you something. However, to run a proprietary IT shop within the rules, it simply requires HUGE amounts of manpower. IT can easily become 20% of your staff. Now, most companies opt to do a "mostly-okay" approach, where IT is still a lot bigger than it should be, but manageable. However, to run a proprietary IT shop properly, it really does take "absurdly rediculous" amounts of time.
However, having "good" IT management policies are actually bad. What most people realize is that running an IT shop with closed-source software AND real policies is more of a waste of time than a benefit.
The problem is if you ever plan on replacing a computer AND keep sane organizational policy, you HAVE to upgrade.
Site licenses are only valid for up to 2 revisions behind, I think. In addition, it is ILLEGAL to ghost a PC for which you only have an OEM license. Therefore, if you replace a machine, you cannot make it part of your standard network, because you can't get a license for it!
Then, if there's a major security problem (or other bug), you can't get support for it.
So, although they technically don't require you to upgrade, the practical fact is you must.
I don't think so. They would only have to say that SCO does not intend to comply with the license (or is not complying as the case may be), and therefore they can remove the license. You HAVE to accept the GPL in order to redistribute Samba. SCOs actions can be taken to say that SCO doesn't accept the GPL, and therefore they have no rights to distribute it. Others, who have accepted the GPL, do.
Yes, but legally that argument doesn't work. samba.org giving their software away doesn't give YOU the right to make copies of it. Without the GPL, there is literally NOTHING that allows them to copy Samba code.
Actually, they can sue SCO for copyright infringement. SCO has publicly said that they do not believe the GPL is valid, and are implying that they aren't bound to the legal implications of it. Since GPLd programs can only be distributed under the GPL (nothing else gives you that privilege), SCO can be sued for violating the Samba GPL (as well as many other GPLs).
I actually think SCO is using the publicity to refine their case. They will only take to court the parts that don't send the people in the room into a roar of laughter.
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"You don't have the right to send my clients email, you have the privilege of asking if we wish to receive email from you."
I see this a lot, but it's always without justification. Could the same thing be said of people's web pages who are slashdotted? It's basically the same problem - a lot of unwanted traffic. However, somehow slashdotting is fun while spamming is so eeeeevil that it's a crime worse than just about anything.
I think that Linux _allows_ the user to be more knowledgeable. it doesn't try to hide things as much. It may try to give you a simple interface, but hiding is not something it generally does.
No, it doesn't. You have to download and install Mozilla. Postfix comes preinstalled on RH, you just have to switch using a single command, and then restart the mail server. It's very, very easy.
I could go with corporal punishment, but the deprivation of property without due process is what I find problematic.
"When police catch drug runners, they seize the drug runners possesions (house and car). Why couldn't it be the same for spammy??"
That's a terrible law for drug runners, it would be even worse for people who are just sending email.
Honestly, even after they have acquitted someone, often times they still cannot get back their property. I don't want a police state, and I bet that you don't either.
Actually, most people levy the same criticisms of Sendmail that they do of Windows. And guess what? Since you have choice in the Linux world you have both distributions that ship Sendmail AND distributions that ship stuff that's, well, actually secure.
I have admin'd sendmail from the mc files, and I still must say, POSTFIX IS MUCH EASIER!!! In addition, Postfix is uber-secure. Wietse never lets any foreign data touch a privileged daemon. Even with local delivery, the daemon drops it's privileges _before_ getting the data to deliver.
And, amazingly, it's very, very fast.
And, it has excellent resource controls, so you don't inadvertantly DOS yourself.
All of these are very easy to use and setup.
Red Hat has "alternatives" set up, which make it real easy to switch MTAs. For RH8, I only have to do the following:
/usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
alternatives --set mta
service sendmail stop
chkconfig sendmail off
service postfix start
chkconfig postfix on
And you now run Postfix!
So you think people are scummy who have other things to do than follow your "shoot first ask questions later" approach to your annoyances? I think that just means they have a real job.
The variety in Linux is a major help. There isn't one virus that will take out everything, because there isn't one thing that's everywhere.
Choice! I love it.
I hope that this will change people's minds about email marketing - there's a whole lot of it that's legitamate, but a few guys like this one give the industry a bad name.
" Ah yes, milk the moneycow till it drops dead."
/. article had me expecting that they were going to release a 10 hour film, but I guess that would be too long, and the movies would make less profit. Instead they can make a 3 movie marathon and have everybody pay 3 times as much!"
Why not? I wish they would release all the old great movies to the theaters every once in a while. Most of the old ones are better than the new ones, anyway. I'd rather them re-release something good than release a new sucky film.
I don't understand our fascination with "new!", "new!", "new!" It just seems a waste. New stuff is great, but lets not get too far ahead of ourselves.
"The title of the
It really is amazing how well that works. I've heard a story about a guy who had a bike shop. He had two jars of ball bearings. One for 20c and another for 80c a bearing. He advertised his 20c price, because otherwise noone would come to his store if he only had 80c ball bearings. However, upon coming to the store, everyone would opt for the 80c ones, thinking them superior. Anyway, one day his assistant notified him that they were almost out of 80c bearings. The manager, doing what he always did, simply took some of the bearings from the 20c jar and added them to the 80c jar, since they were all the same bearing any way.
Yes, but Macs _encourage_ you to know the whole system. That's the difference, with Macs you can know your tool. With Windows, you can't. Mac users are usually very intelligent and very resourceful with their Macs. They usually have it customized and tweaked straight to the way they like to work. With Windows, it's very much "don't touch that" "you don't need to know what that does" "it really works a little different underneath the hood" and "why don't you just let your system administrator take care of that". With Mac, users are encouraged to even mess with the system folder, moving extensions around and the like.
The situation you describe is achievable, but not for any sane amount of money.
Honestly, running full-blown virus scanners in maximum mode makes almost every computer crawl. I've never seen a bigger waste of money than a properly managed Windows shop.
Virus Scanner on "full"
Completely locked down
All software installations have to be approved by IT, who definitely won't get around to it before you need it
Periodic internal audits for license violations
The manpower required to keep it humming makes you wonder why you don't just switch to paper and pencil, or Linux or MacOS perhaps.
Note that it's not just the operating system, it's the whole culture of stupidity that was created by Microsoft. Macintoshes, although easy to use, are not part of this because Macs really _are_ simpler, they aren't just a pretty face on a complex system (well, at least before OS X - I haven't used it enough to comment). Anyway, Microsoft has pushed the idea that not only can you be an idiot and own a computer, that you should be one, too. That they will handle everything for you, and you should just be click-happy. It is this atmosphere that is most damaging.
"Don't think about how this whiz-bang technology impacts you in the long term - just use it and trust us"
Thus we have everyone and their dog composing messages in HTML, and attaching all sorts of craziness to their emails when plain text would do just fine. Also, since Windows users are used to _sending_ all sorts of attachments, they think that receiving them is just as safe.
Sigh.
If you buy site licenses, then you HAVE TO UPGRADE. In fact, my entire post was based on the possibility of a company who had a site license, but decided not to upgrade.
"And what if in the course of running his business, he decided not to devote absolutly rediculous amounts of time and money to accounting, or stock control, or quality assurance, or ...... well you get my point."
Except it's not valid. You shouldn't devote rediculous amounts of time to any of these. Accountants don't overrun most companies, because although you should keep accurate books, the rules for doing so are made by accounting professionals, not some external organization trying to sell you something. However, to run a proprietary IT shop within the rules, it simply requires HUGE amounts of manpower. IT can easily become 20% of your staff. Now, most companies opt to do a "mostly-okay" approach, where IT is still a lot bigger than it should be, but manageable. However, to run a proprietary IT shop properly, it really does take "absurdly rediculous" amounts of time.
However, having "good" IT management policies are actually bad. What most people realize is that running an IT shop with closed-source software AND real policies is more of a waste of time than a benefit.
The problem is if you ever plan on replacing a computer AND keep sane organizational policy, you HAVE to upgrade.
Site licenses are only valid for up to 2 revisions behind, I think. In addition, it is ILLEGAL to ghost a PC for which you only have an OEM license. Therefore, if you replace a machine, you cannot make it part of your standard network, because you can't get a license for it!
Then, if there's a major security problem (or other bug), you can't get support for it.
So, although they technically don't require you to upgrade, the practical fact is you must.
I don't think so. They would only have to say that SCO does not intend to comply with the license (or is not complying as the case may be), and therefore they can remove the license. You HAVE to accept the GPL in order to redistribute Samba. SCOs actions can be taken to say that SCO doesn't accept the GPL, and therefore they have no rights to distribute it. Others, who have accepted the GPL, do.
Yes, but legally that argument doesn't work. samba.org giving their software away doesn't give YOU the right to make copies of it. Without the GPL, there is literally NOTHING that allows them to copy Samba code.
Actually, they can sue SCO for copyright infringement. SCO has publicly said that they do not believe the GPL is valid, and are implying that they aren't bound to the legal implications of it. Since GPLd programs can only be distributed under the GPL (nothing else gives you that privilege), SCO can be sued for violating the Samba GPL (as well as many other GPLs).
I actually think SCO is using the publicity to refine their case. They will only take to court the parts that don't send the people in the room into a roar of laughter.
That isn't security, it's obscurity :)
Are IIS vulnerabilities then not counted against Windows?