Re: [Dorset] Suggestions for distro to run email server and POP3/IMAP.

Thanks Tristan, > There's a list at > https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted#communication---email---complete-solutions. > > I'm using https://mailinabox.email/ myself - while not perfect, ticks a lot > of boxes. That’s brilliant if I ever get time to ditch having an

Re: [Dorset] Suggestions for distro to run email server and POP3/IMAP.

Hi Ralph, I'm looking to set up a virtual server to send and receive email for a domain name and store the email for pick-up by users over POP3 and IMAP. Normally, I'd go for Debian and then configure Exim, Dovecot and others to provide a Let's Encrypt TLS certificate, SPF, DKIM, DMARC,

Re: [Dorset] Low voltage power supply barrel connectors

This kind of thing comes with loads of different barrel connectors (and a power supply!): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08CXH83C8 On 28 Dec 2023, at 19:20, Peter Merchant wrote: > My son has a Facebook Portal and his kids have mangled the barrel connector > that connects power to it. Does

Re: [Dorset] IONOS Appears to be Banning the use of Identities (Aliases)

I don’t think you’re being dense no, but emails can be cryptographically signed and also encrypted. Not sure if you can sign an alias. > On 7 Dec 2023, at 07:09, Terry Coles wrote: > > On 07/12/2023 07:03, Stephen Wolff wrote: >> My guess is if you can have an al

Re: [Dorset] IONOS Appears to be Banning the use of Identities (Aliases)

>> Can you please explain to me why using an alias (which has previously been >> set up as a mail forward) is a security risk? > Can anyone explain this? My guess is if you can have an alias which isn’t (cryptographically) signed, you can pretend to be whoever you like, and as such spam folk as

Re: [Dorset] Church website problem - Firefox

Hi Clive > > Are both Browser the same version, I know you said that they were both Linux > Mint Can you try ctrl + or - to change font size? Are there any system accessibility settings which could have been enabled? >> On 16/11/2023 18:13, CA Wills wrote: >> I have just disabled all the

Re: [Dorset] Church website problem - Firefox

Can you share a URL? Or is it a private area? You could try enabling and disabling JavaScript in the browser that works? Usually it’s a right click to ‘inspect’ or see a console. Might be some errors being output to suggest what isn’t working? Stephen Sent from a mobile device! > On 15 Nov

Re: [Dorset] Somewhat Off Topic - Can Anyone Recommend a Decent Tablet Computer?

Yes - there’s this for iPad: https://paperlike.com/products/paperlike-for-ipad On 1 Nov 2023, at 11:31, Peter Merchant wrote: > Look up 'anti-glare tablet screen protectors' on Amazon/ebay. > P. > On 01/11/2023 11:29, Terry Coles wrote: >> Hi, >> >> So I met up with Peter this morning and had a

Re: [Dorset] Somewhat Off Topic - Can Anyone Recommend a Decent Tablet Computer?

I have to agree - if you can get over any Apple aversion, the iPad is worth considering. My wife (a violin teacher) is very happy with the larger iPad Pro (an earlier generation to reduce extortionate cost) - for storing and reading musical scores. It saves on the agro of never being able to

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2022-12-06's Pub Meet.

Hi Ralph, > Unified Modeling [sic] Language is at the end of a long lineage of > systems for using diagrams to analyse requirements, develop software, > and document behaviour. It grew out of the Object Orientated movement. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language What I tried

Re: [Dorset] Links from 2022-12-06's Pub Meet.

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Re: [Dorset] Following on from LUG meeting Tues 4th Jan

> https://opensource.com/article/20/8/kubernetes-raspberry-pi > https://k8slens.dev/ is handy when working with Kubenetes (for those who like GUIs - though it does help you drop in to a pod with a shell) -- Next meeting: Online,

Re: [Dorset] I'm Having Trouble with apscheduler and pytz Under bullseye

Hi terry, I think ipython is a distraction. How do you run your program? Is it with python app.py If so what do you get when you do python (To bring up python command line, it’ll say which version of python you’re running) > On 31 Dec 2021, at 11:51, Terry Coles wrote: > > On Friday,

Re: [Dorset] Another Strange Networking Problem at WMT

Hi there, Any ideas what could be causing this? We've tried power cycling the server and all the associated switches. Not all devices will respond to a ‘ping’ - they can be configured not to. If they return web pages, perhaps you’d be better off requesting one of those to test whether it

Re: [Dorset] Inadequate Level of Security??

On 16 Jun 2021, at 23:25, Tim wrote: Hi All, when I went to use my laptop the other morning I was presented with this in the reading pane of my Thunderbird, it was working the night before

Re: [Dorset] Python Slicing Problem

Hiya > The problem I have is that when I copy specific elements from the variable > called data it doesn't happen; the lines: > >Status[3-5] = data[3-5] >Status[7] = data[7] >Status[12] = data[12] 3-5=-2, which might be what you meant (2 from the end of the list). But my guess is

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

A query for both you and Ralph: Do these techniques somehow prevent the same behaviour as was occurring with Chromium, where logins were being 'remembered' across sessions? I think you’ll see a similar effect - that the basic auth credentials will be ‘remembered’, but I don’t think that is

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

Hi Terry, I'm going to use nginx rather than Apache, simply because it is what I used for the original Audio Guide and Quiz Webserver so I have prior experience with it. Also it is lightweight which is also a bonus with the RPi and one of the reasons that I chose it 3-4 years ago. You can

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

What code on the server is setting a cookie? As I said above, I didn't spot HTTPBasicAuth updating a session, though perhaps I'm missing it. I think Ralph meant in the link he sent, which had the code from the Flask codebase for its version of HTTPBasicAuth. For basic auth it’s usually much

Re: [Dorset] Problem using Chromium to log in to Web Page Secured with flask-httpauth

I imagine this will be to do with the cookie and session cookie settings you have set for those browsers. My guess is you have Firefox set to clear them when closed, but not with Chromium. Store cookies *was* on in Chromium and off in Firefox. Turning it off in Chromium didn't stop the

Re: [Dorset] Using Flask to render a set of Buttons.

On 21 Jan 2021, at 14:37, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:28:42 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19794695/flask-python-buttons/27952991#2 7952991 is the same approach as the book. You may find the book better written than trying to piece it

Re: [Dorset] Using Flask to render a set of Buttons.

I've been using subprocess.open in the Player programs, but I don't believ the I need it for this. The Flask App is written in Python, so I should be able to use the sockets code that we already have (written by Hamish for the River System) to pass messages between the two running programs, eg

Re: [Dorset] Using Flask to render a set of Buttons.

On 21 Jan 2021, at 13:11, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday, 21 January 2021 13:02:13 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: How do they not meet your requirements? That might give us a better idea of what to suggest. Well they don't do anything like the psuedo code that I mentioned. :-) This does

Re: [Dorset] Using Flask to render a set of Buttons.

On Thursday, 21 January 2021 12:52:44 GMT Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: I haven't looked at Flask in detail, but one way to do it would be to use a GET or POST value when the button is submitted in the form, so it eg redirects to /control.html?action=play. Thanks Hamish. I did wonder if

Re: [Dorset] Migrating from VirtualBox to KVM/QEMU with virt-manager

>>> a way to move an activated Windows >>> install without deactivating it? Mine is an OEM copy >> You cannot (officially, at least) move OEM Windows to any other device. > > Yeah, I know, but it'll be running on the same bare metal, and I paid > for it, so I think it's a reasonable thing to ask

Re: [Dorset] Web Hosting

Hiya, I'd forgotten about Github, and hadn't realised Gitlab did the same (although it makes sense). Ah - but be careful when setting up Gitlab, as some features require a licence (per seat), and I ended up needing a licence for an admin user and one for a non-admin user! (I think I was

Re: [Dorset] Web Hosting

I’ve been using a reseller account with Ecohosting (I think they’re based in Cardiff). Support always very quick to get back, and helpful. - https://ecohosting.co.uk/ I think they do single domains if that’s more what you need too. ** zir...@xendistar.co.uk [2019-09-09 21:14]: Evening all

Re: [Dorset] OCR from Chinese

Hiya, Hmm. It turns out that it's not the instructions; it's an advert ;-( That’s odd. I got: That's very odd indeed. What did you use to a. OCR it and b. Translate it? Google translate app on iOS has a camera feature, so both! I pointed my phone at your image on my desktop screen,

Re: [Dorset] OCR from Chinese

Hiya, It's OK; I've sorted it. I took the output from chi_tra and pasted it into Google Translate. I forgot that tesseract simply recognises the chars, not translates them! Duh! Hmm. It turns out that it's not the instructions; it's an advert ;-( That’s odd. I got: Instructions:

Re: [Dorset] Certain web sites crashing web browser

You could try the Brave browser, it doesn’t install Widevine DRM management by default but is otherwise Chrome based but avoids ad related functionality (ie google funding). Videos still work on Facebook so you could test whether DRM was causing the the crashes? Sent from a mobile device! >

Re: [Dorset] Doing a job for a friend

Maybe get a message through saying you’ll sell/dispose of laptop if you don’t hear back by a specific date? Sent from a mobile device! > On 27 May 2019, at 10:12, tim wrote: > > > Morning all > > Hope you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend > > I have an issue and would like to get the

Re: [Dorset] Thought for the day:

Diversity tends to be healthy for any eco-system, so personally I think we probably should care. When I’ve worked with female programmers, they tend to be better in some ways than their male counterparts, though that’s entirely a subjective observation. Maybe Python will get too mono-cultured

Re: [Dorset] Python help

Hi there, > > trying to teach myself Python at the moment and not doing to well so I have a > couple of questions > if anybody can help me. > > 2) Anybody recommend any good online tutorial and\or books. I have a couple > at the moment, Python > for Kids and an old copy of Learning Python

Re: [Dorset] Monitoring Internet Connectivity.

Hiya >> then for around 30 minutes in the morning, returning exactly as Cost >> Centre #2 left for school. Blimey. Hadn’t considered that CCs could upset networking routing in the house. I think I’d better try this SmokePing thing -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-04-02 20:00

Re: [Dorset] VPN

Hi, > On the general topic of VPN software, rather than using a third-party > service, I've found these two projects interesting in the past. > > https://www.strongswan.org/ > > ‘runs on Linux 2.6, 3.x and 4.x kernels, Android, FreeBSD, OS X, iOS >and Windows’ There’s also -

Re: [Dorset] Database with GUI Front End for Non-Database Experts

no knowledge of web development, python or linux. I’d be happy to help if you went down that path. As mentioned earlier, my hosting provider includes MySQL as part of my package, and Stephen Wolff has suggested off list that the hosting provider might also provide access to PHPMyAdmin. It does; so I

Re: [Dorset] Random Chirp from Acer Aspire Revo R3700.

Hi Ralph, > Anyone here have an idea why this Acer Aspire Revo R3700 should have > started chirping at random times, in clusters? I'm assuming it's > connected to the warm weather. https://chirp.io/ ?! signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -- Next

Re: [Dorset] Using a Raspberry Pi as a Network Router

Hiya >>> I didn't realise that you wanted me to unplug it again. >> I didn't realise that you weren't reading my words. :-) >> > It is the understanding of those words that is the problem. I didn't > understand what you wanted either. I wondered how he was going to do the > measurement

Re: [Dorset] Dodgy SSD

Hi Ralph, >> Is it worth reformatting an SSD when fsck says it can’t fix catalog >> issues? > > The precise error would aid my Googling. :-) Yes, I have tried googling, but nothing came up for the 5 digit negative error code!! -69842 > There's many fsck's, one for each group of filesystem

[Dorset] Dodgy SSD

Is it worth reformatting an SSD when fsck says it can’t fix catalog issues? Sent from a mobile device! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-06-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE

Re: [Dorset] Error in Python - UnsupportedOperation: fileno

File "detectkeys.py", line 21, in char = getch() File "detectkeys.py", line 8, in getch fd = sys.stdin.fileno() UnsupportedOperation: fileno This happens with other examples that I've found and on this machine and the Pi. How are you running detectkeys.py? From the shell, so it

Re: [Dorset] New Kiosk Project

>> I found Porteus Kiosk a while ago and have been meaning to try it: >> http://porteus-kiosk.org/ That looks handy! Thanks! -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-05-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Dorset] Python Function Appears to be Entered Twice

>> What's the line look like that registers your callback? > > I've put the complete script, cut-down as you suggested, in: > > http://www.hadrian-way.co.uk/Misc/changerings3.py.txt > >> Taking the stripped down, simple as possible, test program, have it do >> the time.sleep(2) and not

Re: [Dorset] nginx Setup / Configuration

might be mime types but i'd have thought nginx would have mp3s by default (if thats the audio file type) Sent from a mobile device! > On 19 Feb 2017, at 17:17, Terry Coles wrote: > > On Sunday, 19 February 2017 11:46:33 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: >>> So the question is

Re: [Dorset] How can I discover why my RPi freezes after it has frozen?

It turns out that the Pi Hut device is not multi-TT, in fact they specifically warn about this in the User Manual and describe the penalty of using USB V1.1 devices with it, so that's no go. Having done an extensive search, it seems that the cheapest Multi-TT Hub on the market at the moment

Re: [Dorset] Domain Redirection

Hi Terry, I've forwarded your comments to Paul, since he is the one who will do it ultimately and he has never subscribed to the list (despite the fact that he's a long-time attendee at the pub meets :-) ). We've now decided to go the Apache Config route as suggested by several people,

Re: [Dorset] Domain Redirection

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Re: [Dorset] Skype

Just tried it with a couple of collegues in the Netherlands, and it worked a treat. No setup (in latest Chrome - Ubuntu and OSX) Thanks! On 14/12/2014 23:56, Chris Dennis wrote: I know I'm very late to this party, but has anyone tried this Skype alternative? https://appear.in/ It uses

Re: [Dorset] Help with companies in Blandford

There's a guy called Steve Schofield - who runs a startup called Nutribu (http://nutribu.com/) from somewhere near Blandford. I've bcc'd him... Stephen On 08/12/2014 07:33, Peter Merchant wrote: Please, can anyone help. I know that there are technical companies in the Blandford area, but

Re: [Dorset] Skype

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Re: [Dorset] This Could be Big! MS has Open Sourced .NET

Apparently its true see http://www.geekwire.com/2014/net-visual-studio-microsoft-open-source-cross-platform/. There is also Linux Support. In other news porcine aviation has been developed. How many places does it have to be reported before it is accepted as truth?

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

Ralph Corderoy wrote: Agreed, which is another reason that we are only considering a blog / forum. Take a look at http://www.discourse.org/ That looks v. good Ralph... might just try it myself (for a client) -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-10-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC,

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

Hi Terry, I believe that the management are not really sure what they want in terms of functionality so are looking for suggestions. We have discussed this locally What's the nature of the information you want to share? Considered blog posts? One-line QA? A curated resource of

Re: [Dorset] Kubuntu - Chrome - Flash and NO sound

So why the horribly buggy Adobe Flash, instead of Pepper Flash which Google uses by default in Chrome. They removed the Adobe Flash Plugin for a reason you know :-) OK, I am sufficiently chastised. I removed and re-installed it, and it works now. Thanks for help and advice. I nearly

Re: [Dorset] Manipulating PDF Files in Linux

You say 'because [the documents] need translating'; i.e. to another language or languages? or have I misunderstood? Google translate will have a go with documents... (ie pdfs / word etc), if translation is what you're after. It won't tackle text in images though -- Next meeting: