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Anti-Virus at SMTP level
by Martyn Drake 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

Hi folks, Just to inform everyone that I've just installed Amavis along with Sophos Anti-Virus on the main Alug server to ensure that no nasty SirCam viruses (which yes, unfortunately, people are still sending to us) get out and about. I was sick of having to respond to people asking them to either install anti-virus software on their Windoze boxes or to get their definitions updated. Amavis responds automatically to infected senders to ensure they do keep their anti-virus software going. Any messages in or out of these mailing lists will be scanned for any viruses and should anybody does send one, it'll be stopped and nuked along with a message sent to the sender to ensure they keep their virus scanners up to date (or to get one in the first place!). For those that don't know what Amavis is, take a look at http://www.amavis.org - it integrates incredibly well into Sendmail, Exim and Qmail. Regards, Martyn

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PCMCIA modems
by Christopher Drane 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

After much surfing, scratching my head, asking many questions, failed installs, newbe stupidity and to much to drink, i have come to the conclusion that my LT winmodem is not going to work with my laptop. This brings me to my question, or 2 Will a PCMCIA modem work (as long as its not a winmodem)? or What about a USB modem, is there a preferance between the two? I would not ask such questions if adverts in the computer mags would tell you if products are linux supported. Just don't want to buy a new modem and find it won't work.

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RE: [Alug] Re: Future meetings
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

Sinmon Parkes wrote: >I'm trying to set something up here in Red Lodge as spoken about last month, >just waiting for prices.... That would be great (just up the road from me). Would that be for this month? Cambridge would be good for a meeting- I've been racking my brains to think of somewhere, also wondered if the majority of list members from Norfolk area would travel this far though. Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Re: Future meetings
by MJ Ray 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com writes: > Cambridge would be good for a meeting- I've been racking my brains to think > of somewhere, also wondered if the majority of list members from Norfolk > area would travel this far though. I don't think either Norfolk or Suffolk have a majority here at the moment ;-) At least, not amongst the posters. It'd be great if it were at Red Lodge, as that would be the closest to me that ALUG has got so far. -- MJR I work for this clever Internet developer ==> http://www.luminas.co.uk/

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Re: [Alug] Audio HELL
by Ricardo Campos 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

>I would raise a bug report against Nautilus as I beleive that >Nautilus as a program should be doing the necessary checking >to ensure that it doesn't try to play two MP3 files at once. I think the developers- Eazel? have gone under, but I'll check to see if their efforts are being continued. Thanks for the info everyone. Ricardo _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Re: Future meetings
by Lucy McWilliam 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

Adam Bower wrote: > Is there any news on the next meeting (UEA people??) and possible venues > for future meetings? Are there any people interested in meeting up in Cambridge? I'm sure we could arrange something ;-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucy McWilliam Email: lejm3(a)cam.ac.uk Flychip Tel: +44 (0)1223 765927 Department of Genetics Fax: +44 (0)1223 333992 University of Cambridge Mobile: 07939 476024 CB2 3EH WWW: www.bio.cam.ac.uk/~lejm3

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Audio HELL
by Ricardo Campos 04 Oct '01

04 Oct '01

I discovered some unruly audio aspects of my linux box; 1)In Nautilus, which I think sux btw (I want a file manager not a multimedia extravaganza), I accidentally put my cursor over about 4 or 5 MP3 files. I then had 5 MP3's playing *at the same time* for about 30 seconds. It was so bad I had to unplug my speakers. 2) Noatun crashed in an unbelievably cute way, and then the audio kept on playing. Is there a way of stopping this unruly sound daemon? Obviously I'm used to audio apps that kill the sound they produce when they die, but it seems Linux's renowned stability is backfiring! :) Ricardo, "Surely this monstrous hybrid comes not from a mother's womb but from an Ephialtes, an Incubus, or some other horrendous demon, as though spawned in a putrid and venemous fungus, son of Fauns and Nymphs, more Devil than man." -Athanasius Kircher, Mundus Subtarraneus, Amsterdam, 1665, pp.279-280 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Re: [Alug] Audio HELL
by MJ Ray 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

"Ricardo Campos" <corez23(a)hotmail.com> writes: > Is there a way of stopping this unruly sound daemon? killall esd, apt-get remove esd and install alsa (but you really want 0.9.0 and it's still a pain to build just now). For less nasty solution, try man esdctl -- MJR I work for this clever Internet developer ==> http://www.luminas.co.uk/

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Nag-o-matic - future meetings
by Adam Bower 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

Hi people, I warn you now this sounds like a rant as the tone of the message got a little confused when I wrote it, but my intent is to encourage people to get involved, please don't flame me or think I am picking on you :-) Is there any news on the next meeting (UEA people??) and possible venues for future meetings? We are already in October and if we are to have a meeting this month then we really need to find a venue before the end of the week (we also need a date set so I can get motivated to get my a*se in gear and sort out the talk I am supposed to be doing on Debian) and it would be great if we could get November or Decembers meeting date/location arranged now. If you know of a possible venue for an Alug meeting then the requirements are basically enough room for ~30 people to sit and stand and generally mill around, some electrical outlets and some space for people to setup computers. Other nice but not essential things would be a bar and an internet connection. Also experience has shown that people are willing to help out with costs of hiring a hall etc. as long as its not more than a couple of quid each. We could still do with maybe a meeting in Cambridgshire or Essex, as we havn't visited these places yet. Finally if you do know of a venue but are a bit unsure of how to organise a meeting then others will help out, I would book something myself but I am a bit all over the place at the moment. Feel free to give me a shout if you need any specific help though. Hmmm, maybe time for me to sort out getting this kind of thing put in the FAQ. Adam PS if you are a lurker who knows of somewhere good we could go then please de-lurk now :-) -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam

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(Scripting) languages
by tom potts 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

For Java there is (currently) a free 'RAD' called Forte (Community Edition) which seems pretty good but it uses a bit of resource. This can be run on Win32 or *nix etc etc. If you find java slow try looking for a jit compiler for you installation. Another 'tool' I've been playing with is the mysql/php on a web server. Not overly brilliant in the Maths dept but seems to run on most platforms. I'll be publishing an extendable GNU e-shop (before xmas I hope) built on mysql/php but using odbc to make it a bit more system independent. Haven't found any problems with it yet Tom ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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