Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Spamhaus, nullmailer secure SMTP

2015-05-04 Thread David Patte
I believe I have resolved this problem. I was connecting to my ISP using authentication, but without starttls. Trouble is, the version of nullmailer in ubuntu 12.04 did not support starttls. But with some help I found a backport of nullmailer for 12.04, installed it and starttls now works

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

2015-05-02 Thread David Patte
Thanks. Actually, nullmailer is a message transfer agent, simply forwarding my mail to the smtp at my provider. And nullmailer is authenticating with my provider using a password. But it is not authenticating using STARTTLS. But I will verify whether others are able to send email through my

[OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

2015-05-02 Thread David Patte
Last year I decided to teach myself a bit about Linux and setup a Linux server at home. It is being used as a webserver, as well as having a c++ development toolchain. I also use it for developing 'Meteor' apps. In the past month, I have realized that some blacklists have decided to list my

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

2015-05-02 Thread David Patte
On 2015-05-02 14:30, Alex Pilon wrote: On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 10:30:51AM -0400, Bill Strosberg wrote: From what Spamhaus is saying it means you have an open relay - allowing systems external to your network the ability to send mail from your server without any authentication. Basically this

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] An email question

2014-05-01 Thread David Patte
I have an email question which is more an general internet question than a linux question. Many websites currently use a persons email address and password as a way of insuring security for logging into a website. If someone has an existing email mailbox specified by a particular email

[OCLUG-Tech] mail config issue

2014-01-08 Thread David Patte
I have a configuration error for my ubuntu server, and I'm hoping somone on the list can help me resolve it. My server is on a network, and uses nullmailer to forward email so that my websites on the system can send email using an external service. In general, email sent from my webserver

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a question for you website developers out there

2013-12-17 Thread David Patte
I am a senior developer, and Drupal CMS website designer. Any CMS, since it is web-based, is visible through a browser, and the browser window can be left open as any size, if required. So, I am not sure what your friend means by his question. Feel free to have him contact me, if he wishes.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] safety level of upgrading ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?

2013-09-18 Thread David Patte
Does this explain where your recently freecycled 30GB hard drives came from? :) On 2013-09-18 9:22, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: On a much earlier upgrade, I had more disk than Ubuntu SAID it required by quite a margin, but I don't think the space estimate was accurate and I ran out of disk

[OCLUG-Tech] Introduction Question

2013-05-28 Thread David Patte
Hello I just joined your group through meetup. Just an introduction... I am a C++ and PHP programmer. My background is 15 years C/UNIX development followed by 15 years C++/WindowUNIX development. I also started using PHP in 1999. I'm currently a Drupal/PHP consultant, and also write