Here’s a screen shot from my laptop:
It’s not exactly where I want it to be yet, but it’s getting there. Ubuntu has come a LONG way since 8.10 – the last time I had Ubuntu on the laptop.
I’ve broken out of my shell and decided to start recording some video blog entries. For me, this is HUGE, because I’ve never liked having my photo taken, let alone having video of me posted to where 10 trillion people on the Internet could watch it.
This is my first entry and it’s unedited. It’s taught me two things: 1). When I get new glasses, ANTI-GLARE COATING! 2). I need a better webcam. This quality is simply the best that my webcam can produce.
Anyway I hope that the information contained inside will help someone during the pursuit of netbook happiness. I plan on acquiring a Dell Truemobile 1390 mini PCI card from eBay and swap mine out soon.
Edit 05/18/2010: Upon the advice of a friend, I’ve placed my video log on Viddler and embeded it from there. Until yesterday, I only knew of Viddler through a video I had watched on the BGLUG website. While I wish the limit for the free video account was larger than 500 MB, I do like the other options available. I’ll be using this service more in the future.
For years, I’ve used a mail filtering gateway to check out e-mail before it’s delivered to our Exchange Server. This removes the load from the individual workstations and the Exchange server.
Today, we hit a snag:
Apr 26 15:19:18 cobalt amavis[17681]: (17681-16) Blocked BANNED (.wmf,docProps/thumbnail.wmf), [64.191.130.98] [199.134.141.228] <email.removed-AT-too.bad.spammers> -> <email.removed-AT-too.bad.spammers>, Message-ID: <088D6CF23075604E98428E502FC954EF0786DC43CB@email.removed-AT-too.bad.spammers>, mail_id: 17k-16SEPQYU, Hits: 1.211, size: 157087, 12689 ms
For whatever reason, just today, my filter decided it was time to stop Excel 2007 spreadsheets. From the looks of it, because the e-mail or the attachments to the e-mail contained a “wmf” file.
Unfortunately, I’ve only been able to find one thread about it on the interwebs. And it’s not helpful, just confirming my problem and asking for help.
So, if anyone else is using Amavis, has this problem and knows how to cure it, please contact me and let me know how to fix it. Thanks…
UPDATE 1 (4-28-10): I contacted the person who originally created the mailing list thread above. He, like I, have basically allowed the WMF files through, trusting our virus scanners to catch any culprits. THANK YOU MICROSOFT! (NOT)
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