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A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com)
Linux.com looks at
running a home web server. "I run a small but fairly active Web site
from a home server, as was commonly done back in the early days of the
World Wide Web. What started as a learning project soon grew to be my
primary hobby. It takes a bit of knowledge of Linux systems, various open
sourced applications, and how the Internet works to start a Web site from
scratch. Here are some of the applications and tools that help me stay on
top of things."
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A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 5, 2007 23:35 UTC (Thu) by kev009 (subscriber, #43906) [Link] What a mindless link and post. Congratulations, she found some FOSS and set it up. This is neither ground breaking nor news. Sorry, but I really feel like I learned absolutely nothing from that post. Anyone who did not know of the names of FOSS programs for these task could easily find better alternatives with a quick Google to boot. (...Or sites like howtoforge and gentoo-wiki).
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 0:38 UTC (Fri) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link] While I sympathize in part with your sentiments, I believe LWN was never explicitly specified as the web site for uber-geeks. Someone out there may run across this article and get started with free software, all because they had never realized this was possible. Everyone's got to start somewhere.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 0:44 UTC (Fri) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link] Or, if you *are* an uber-geek, you may find it a helpful article to show someone less experienced who you know is interested in doing something similar.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 3:00 UTC (Fri) by ArbitraryConstant (guest, #42725) [Link] Running a site on broadband usually ends up being more trouble than it's worth, particularly when mail gets involved (since broadband IPs are known and on blacklists).
The right way to do this is with a VPS.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 7:48 UTC (Fri) by Los__D (guest, #15263) [Link] Not at all, when you send mail, you of course use your ISP's mail server as a proxy.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 11:11 UTC (Fri) by timschmidt (guest, #38269) [Link] Except that some ISPs *cough* Charter Communications *cough* no longer forward mail indiscriminately for their customers.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 11:23 UTC (Fri) by Los__D (guest, #15263) [Link] Yeah, I've seen this before, I think it's some kind of misguided attempt to reduce spam. (If you meant the check against From: not being from the mailservers own domain, instead of just checking the network of the sending host).
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 12:22 UTC (Fri) by timschmidt (guest, #38269) [Link] Correct. Charter now will not forward mail that does not originate from an @charter* domain.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 6, 2007 14:22 UTC (Fri) by bfields (subscriber, #19510) [Link] Running a site on broadband usually ends up being more trouble than it's worth, particularly when mail gets involved (since broadband IPs are known and on blacklists). I've been handling all my mail using a server on a home DSL line, not using the ISP (Speakeasy)'s mail service for anything, and never seen a confirmed case of mail getting lost due to a blacklist. I wouldn't be surprised it if it has happened occasionally and I've just not noticed yet, but clearly it hasn't been happening a lot. I run apache and some other stuff too. It's fun, and not that much trouble. I'd definitely recommend doing the same to anyone with an interest.
A sysadmin toolbox for Web site maintenance (Linux.com) Posted Jul 8, 2007 17:33 UTC (Sun) by sholden (guest, #7881) [Link] If I try and directly mail the domain I have hosted with google mail from my cable IP I get:
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: host ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.com [209.85.133.114]: 550-5.7.1 [MY.EASILY.FOUND.IP] The IP you're using to send email is not authorized\n550-5.7.1 to send email directly to our servers. Please use\n550 5.7.1 the SMTP relay at your service provider instead.
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