December 2006 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

Re: [nznog] NZNOG 2007: CFP: Network Systems Administration MiniConf
by Ewen McNeill 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

In message <20061122214213.8BB2A43E17(a)wat.la.naos.co.nz>, Ewen McNeill writes: > Call for Presentations for > NZNOG 2007: Network Systems Administration Mini-Conference >[....] >Some possible topics: >- Email servers and spam filtering techniques >[....] >Please send all proposals and questions to <talks(a)nznog.miniconf.org> At the risk of distracting everyone from arguing about responsible use of the list, I'd just like to point out that we still have room for a couple more talks at the Sysadmin Miniconf (on the first day of NZNOG 2007). And that we'd particularly welcome a proposal on, eg, best practices in running a mail server, or coping with the ever increasing volume of spam without rejecting all the legitimate mail. Proposals of other relevant talks (see the original CFP) are also welcomed, but be quick as we'd like to finalise the programme before Christmas so the speakers know what their summer homework is. Ewen

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Re: [nznog] Xtra Email Administrators
by Martin Kealey 07 Dec '06

07 Dec '06

<metoo/> Given that (apparently) along with many other ISPs, Ihug also seem to have trouble with Xtra's inbound mailservers, perhaps I should say "could someone from Xtra please contact me ON list". (Yes we're all on fire trying to deal with Image Spam, but refusing valid mail just makes it worse...) -Martin -- Martin D Kealey, ihüg Systems Engineer

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Xtra Email Administrators
by Simon 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

Would someone from the xtra email team please be able to contact me offlist? Much appreciated. Simon

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INFO: Contact for xtra email admins
by Lin Nah 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

IN case this is lost amongst the flurry of flames, here's who to contact. It does appear lost as someone did ask again about 20 mins after Ted posted this (mind you I have only date stamps to go by). Lots of you are still flaming about it. May I also point out that Ted has in the past responded to this list stating he's happy to be contacted about this. eg http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/2005-August/010430.html http://list.waikato.ac.nz/pipermail/nznog/2005-January/009460.html regards lin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:52:23 +1300 From: Ted Grenfell <Ted.Grenfell(a)telecom.co.nz> To: Simon <greminn(a)gmail.com>, nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] Xtra Email Administrators So as always, you're all welcome to call me direct if you've an Xtra query that you don't want to send via postmaster etc. -- Kind Regards, Ted Grenfell Online Services Mgr (acting) T +64 9 359 5854 (extn 93254) F +64 9 377 0781 M +64 27 443 5455 E ted.grenfell(a)telecom.co.nz W www.telecom.co.nz Level 11, Telecom House, 8 Hereford Street, Private Bag 92028, Auckland CBD, New Zealand ________________________________ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002." > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon [mailto:greminn(a)gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2006 12:42 p.m. > To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: [nznog] Xtra Email Administrators > > Would someone from the xtra email team please be able to contact me > offlist? > > Much appreciated. > > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

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Re: [nznog] XTRA mail servers
by James Tolchard 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

On 07/12/2006, at 2:10 PM, Simon wrote: > We are having some major issues over the past week when forwarding > mail to xtra. Mainly: > > - delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mta.xtra.co.nz > - connect to mta.xtra.co.nz[210.54.141.1]: server dropped connection > without sending the initial SMTP greeting > > Has anyone seen any of these issues and knows anything about them? We are also seeing issues since late November. I emailed postmaster(a)xtra from elsewhere on 1 December, with no response so far. Typical log: Dec 7 14:19:26 skinner postfix/smtp[19226]: connect to mta.xtra.co.nz [210.54.141.1]: server dropped connection without sending the initial greeting (port 25) Typical telnet: $ telnet mta.xtra.co.nz 25 Trying 210.54.141.1... Connected to mta.xtra.co.nz. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. $ The above is the most common behaviour, but apparently the connection does stay open properly from time to time (I had to send a bunch in a row to get this): Dec 7 14:28:34 skinner postfix/smtp[19322]: 187FFA9EF2B: to=<jkhhlkhkjh(a)xtra.co.nz>, relay=mta.xtra.co.nz[210.54.141.1], delay=27, status=bounced (host mta.xtra.co.nz[210.54.141.1] said: 550 Invalid recipient: <jkhhlkhkjh(a)xtra.co.nz> (in reply to RCPT TO command)) We also sometimes get "421 Service not available" before it drops the connection, and sometimes we even get connection refused. But when we're really lucky: 220 mta01.xtra.co.nz ESMTP server ready Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:41:34 +1300 220 mta06.xtra.co.nz ESMTP server ready Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:43:01 +1300 So, yeah, it looks like something might be up. Cheers -- James Tolchard System Administrator Christ's College Canterbury Phone: +64 3 364 6806

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Null route on AT9812T router
by James Neil Tyson 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

If anyone knows how to add a null static route on an Allied Telesyn AT9812T router please email me offlist. I hate these damn things.

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Re: [nznog] CHIX
by Stewart Fleming 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

DPE is also up and running in Dunedin and has first connections from January 2007. We requested a name change to DIX so that we could hook up CHIX with DIX, but the request was again denied.

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Re: [nznog] Charging for IPv6
by Alex Hague 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

David Zanetti wrote: > I just don't see anything today I would bother demanding native v6 > transit for. So long as that't the case, I can live with tunnels for the > lab/play phase of things. How about an IPv6 wireless mesh as a reason to adopt... this is purely hypothetical, but say in the Auckland (/ Wellington / where ever) CBD there was an IPv6 wireless mesh, peered locally on the IPv6 peering exchange. New sources of local content may begin to appear such as bands providing live streams via the mesh of their gigs at the local bars / pubs / clubs etc. Current non-internet content providers such as radio stations might decide to provide their own streams. ISPs wishing to be WISPs would need to adopt v6. The benefits from what I know of IPv6 (which I'm still doing my homework on - so turn the flame jets down a notch) would be that all addresses on the mesh could be internet routable, and because of the local nature of the mesh most content would probably have local relevance rather than anything further a field, so with good local peering (which is relatively inexpensive) it would be completely feasible to deliver high speed local content. While I know that this is hypothetical, do you think it might provide an incentive for people to start using IPv6 to access the content? Furthermore, people might actually have a reason to request v6 from ISPs and ISPs wishing to provide services to mesh users would have a reason to go v6 ($$$)... Cheers, Alex -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/568 - Release Date: 4/12/2006

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Any mail admins from sbc.sbcglobal.net on here?
by Paul Adshead 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Please contact me off list.

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CHIX
by Russell Tester 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Does anyone know if CHIX is alive, was it ever alive or are there any plans to revive it in the future? Regards, Russell Tester Severworks Ltd

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