[SLUG] olympics viewing

2008-08-12 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Hi. Does anyone know of a site where I can watch the olympics using a linux (non-windows) codec? I cant stand au.yahoo. Most other major sites are for their national viewing only (NBC, BBC etc.) It seems youtube is removing posts of events. I could go the torrent route but maybe there's a

Re: [SLUG] olympics viewing

2008-08-12 Thread Ian Wienand
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Luke Vanderfluit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a site where I can watch the olympics using a linux (non-windows) codec? As much as flash is a Linux codec, you could try the instructions for viewing on Youtube at [1] [1]

Re: [SLUG] olympics viewing

2008-08-12 Thread Ken Foskey
http://newblogonstuff.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-watch-live-olympics-on-linux.html I cannot get it working because I cannot get the XML file. I think that the service has blocked new users by removing the XML. Here is teh GUI version of the above (0.4) download the deb and install I am using

Re: [SLUG] Email Domains --- handling of invalid email addresses

2008-08-12 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:29 +1000, R.G.Salisbury wrote: Some ISP's do bounce a message , so you know the status , so you know it is futile to try again to the same address. Knowing the dictionary attacks that spammers do and how often I get thousands (litterally) of bounced emails that they

Re: [SLUG] Email Domains --- handling of invalid email addresses

2008-08-12 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008, R.G.Salisbury wrote: Do the RFCs suggest a recommended policy? RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol It includes the following: ... a formal handoff of responsibility for the message occurs: the protocol requires that a server accept responsibility for either delivering

Re: [SLUG] Email Domains --- handling of invalid email addresses

2008-08-12 Thread Peter Chubb
R == R G Salisbury R.G.Salisbury writes: R Some ISP's (exetel ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]) is one, that do R not bounce notices when you send to an invalid email address). R Some ISP's do bounce a message , so you know the status , so you R know it is futile to try again to the same address. The

Re: [SLUG] Email Domains --- handling of invalid email addresses

2008-08-12 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Peter Chubb wrote: I'm planning to give a talk at SLUG on this next month, if the committee agree I'm not on the committee, but if I was, I'd be voting +1 on this :-). Cheers, Erik -- - Erik de Castro Lopo

[SLUG] Re: Email Domains --- handling of invalid email addresses

2008-08-12 Thread Rob Weir
On 13 Aug 2008, R. G. Salisbury wrote: Some ISP's (exetel ... [EMAIL PROTECTED])is one, that do not bounce notices when you send to an invalid email address). Some ISP's do bounce a message , so you know the status , so you know it is futile to try again to the same address. Why ISP