Not really. Microsoft's empire was founded on _cheap_, and then on a bunch of marketing agreements which did not let PC makers ship other operating systems.
Ease of use is a relatively new term, and it has come into use only because there are so many people who have learnt to use a particular interface and don't want it changed,
Just block port 25 outbound and inbound. Note that ISP MTAs do not normally have spare CPU for virus scanning. Viruses do not set up SMTP servers. Most of them install SMTP clients.
If your code is used by a million people whose time is worth a dollar an hour, saving them each an hour of runtime is equivalent to saving a million dollars during the lifetime of the program. Compared to that, programmer time is *cheap*. Even if you bill at 200 USD/hour, and spend 20 hours on it.
Oh, every time I setup a system. Once the system requirements stabilise, the config files are not edited, but otheriwse, I always edit by hand and then cvs commit
The response of spammers to better filters has been to send more spam. Spam is a DoS attack on network resources, CPU cycles, disk space, administrator time and user time.
Try harder. We have 41 million users, with over a million SMTP sessions a minute handled (90% rejection at the edge, and 80% of what gets through is still spam). We *need* DNSBLs.
This advice is great if your job doesn't deal with much email. I and my boss find it easier to email each other than to phone (we are in different cities). Email gets processed as it comes on our time. Phone calls interrupt work.
You cannot add security on a bad codebase. MS will have to essentially rewrite Windows, and do enough auditing on the codebase for the OS to be secure "enough". Removing large components from the base OS/kernelspace would be good for starting. Video drivers, IE (including all the HTML rendering components),.... Essentially, strip down the OS, set sensible defaults, have a sudo like command.
And _all_ this on desktops, including older ones (Pentium I or better).
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$150 buys you a week of my time. Outsourcing anyone?
Click here or here or even here
Not really. Microsoft's empire was founded on _cheap_, and then on a bunch of marketing agreements which did not let PC makers ship other operating systems.
Ease of use is a relatively new term, and it has come into use only because there are so many people who have learnt to use a particular interface and don't want it changed,
Linux is easier than Windows.
Your comment and mine have equal value.
syslog-ng.
Alternatively, there is a Pg logging module for Apache (dblog, IIRC).
Remember to use a laser pointer.
Oh, and I always point with my finger, so the other three fingers are merely getting out of the way.
A conventional SMTP client. Just not a MUA.
These clients download email addresses from websites, and a message, and proceed to send them out over port 25/tcp, by speaking SMTP.
Remember, a server opens a listening socket, a client merely talks to one.
Welchia
Just block port 25 outbound and inbound. Note that ISP MTAs do not normally have spare CPU for virus scanning.
Viruses do not set up SMTP servers. Most of them install SMTP clients.
Identical budgets, rather than hardware. Makes for more fun.
Code quality? No. Program quality? Yes!
If your code is used by a million people whose time is worth a dollar an hour, saving them each an hour of runtime is equivalent to saving a million dollars during the lifetime of the program. Compared to that, programmer time is *cheap*. Even if you bill at 200 USD/hour, and spend 20 hours on it.
Oh, every time I setup a system. Once the system requirements stabilise, the config files are not edited, but otheriwse, I always edit by hand and then cvs commit
The response of spammers to better filters has been to send more spam. Spam is a DoS attack on network resources, CPU cycles, disk space, administrator time and user time.
Multiplatform?
non x86 Linux?
Alsoran
Actually, what we need is communication. Once the means of communication are in place, the rest can be implemented and kept working.
I am sure he can afford to buy a Mac, and not use IE, Outlook, Outlook Express and the rest od MS office.
A small email service provider. We provide hosting for some large freemail providers.
Try harder. We have 41 million users, with over a million SMTP sessions a minute handled (90% rejection at the edge, and 80% of what gets through is still spam). We *need* DNSBLs.
I think that they make know more about a liquid which is almost like but quite unlike tea.
I am sure you could give them a cheque and ask for the excess money back in cash.
FSVO hardware. When it can pick up any random hardware I can throw at it, I'll be impressed.
This advice is great if your job doesn't deal with much email. I and my boss find it easier to email each other than to phone (we are in different cities).
Email gets processed as it comes on our time.
Phone calls interrupt work.
DBMail :)
Run your own
You cannot add security on a bad codebase. MS will have to essentially rewrite Windows, and do enough auditing on the codebase for the OS to be secure "enough". Removing large components from the base OS /kernelspace would be good for starting. Video drivers, IE (including all the HTML rendering components), .... Essentially, strip down the OS, set sensible defaults, have a sudo like command.
And _all_ this on desktops, including older ones (Pentium I or better).