THIS UNWANTED GARBAGE ORIGINATED FROM AND BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY OF: PATRICK PARIS -- PUNK PATRICK PARIS -- FAILED REMAILER OPERATOR PATRICK PARIS -- SHITBAG PATRICK PARIS -- FAILED CRACKER In article <lsbrk11s22gtomvpbk7s37a67kg890l9tr@4ax.com> admin_rbtor <admin^@^rbtor^.^net> wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:35:58 -0600 (MDT), Borked Pseudo Mailed > <nobody@pseudo.borked.net> wrote: > > >In article <1r5rk1pnef7dhulsefm6r9h900959jtcr8@4ax.com> > >admin_rbtor <admin^@^rbtor^.^net> wrote: > >> > >> > >> The new service I hope to offer will be more reliable. The darn constant > >> updates to Windows that requires a reboot or to the firewall security center > >> requiring a reboot means I might lose mail. > > > >I wouldn't worry about that. All sending SMTP servers should retry on a > >failed connection, so at most the mail would be delayed. Plus, a reboot > >shouldn't take more than a minute or so anyhow. > > True, but I got carried away with the instructions set forth by R Process. > Unfortunately, or fortunately, depends on how you look at it, I set it up so > that only I can restart it. I didn't follow all of his suggestions for > security, (shorter latency) but most. Everything is heavily password > protected. > > On a reboot, only I can restart it. Problems come in because I use a USB KVM > switch to switch between the primary computer and the server. When a reboot of > the server is required, it plays heck with the USB KVN switch. Don't know why, > but it doesn't want to let me access the server. I have to plug in a spare > keyboard and mouse and switch the flat panel manually. Do a reboot, shut > everything down and do a total restart. A real P in the neck. > > I have to travel with my work. So I can be out of town for a few days. I set > all the updates to wait until I return and manually install them. Still, it > seems to me, if I shut down Mercury for just a few minutes, I lose mail. The retry swchedules for most SMTP servers lasts for a week! I never use a keyboard/mouse/screen on my server. Use VNC (over an SSH tunnel if you must have the best security). <<==========>> Subject: Reliable, JBN & Quicksilver in Linux Can Reliable, JBN and / 0r Quicksilver be run in Linux with wine? <<==========>> Subject: Re: Post binary using newsanon.yi.org? Thomas Webb wrote: > Well, he probably meant that it was easy to use and seemed to be reliable. Or he was just trying to be nice. I am not sure how Eelbash Admin would react to that. We might have to monitor his condition closely the following days.. Thomas - -- Gothika: "How can you trust someone who thinks you are crazy"