Amanda-Users

Verizon subscribers -- off topic

2005-12-06 03:50:52
Subject: Verizon subscribers -- off topic
From: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
To: Amanda Users List <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:25:24 +0100

[Off topic]

This isn't the first time I'm hit with this nonsense: I can't send mail to a Verizon email address. And I'm surely not alone.

  http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23703

Just to let people know (Gene!) that I do send mail to them, I'm not
ignoring them.  But their provider is ignoring their users.

Yes, I did fill out the whitelist request, twice already. Just enough
to get one mail pass through, and then a few weeks later, it bounces
again.

If people with Verizon email addresses want to read my responses, it's time to switch providers.

Pfeew, that reliefs the anger a bit...


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* F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, *
* stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt,  abort,  hangup, *
* PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e,  kill -1 $$,  shutdown, *
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--- Begin Message ---
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON AT xplanation DOT com>
To: <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:09:17 +0100
The original message was received at Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:09:14 +0100
from noir1.be.xplanation.com [192.168.200.151]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<mindfuq AT verizon DOT net>
    (reason: 550 Email from your Email Service Provider is currently blocked by 
Verizon Online's anti-spam system... Email Service Provider may visit 
http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block.)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to relay.verizon.net.:
>>> MAIL From:<paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com> SIZE=1966
<<< 550 Email from your Email Service Provider is currently blocked by Verizon 
Online's anti-spam system.  The email "sender" or Email Service Provider may 
visit http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block.
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
Reporting-MTA: dns; smtp.xplanation.com
Received-From-MTA: DNS; noir1.be.xplanation.com
Arrival-Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:09:14 +0100

Final-Recipient: RFC822; [email protected]
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Email from your Email Service Provider is currently 
blocked by Verizon Online's anti-spam system.  The email "sender" or Email 
Service Provider may visit http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal 
of the block.
Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:09:16 +0100
--- Begin Message ---
Subject: Re: Why do I need a dumpuser account?
From: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
To: mindfuq AT verizon DOT net
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:08:55 +0100
mindfuq AT verizon DOT net wrote:
I started reading the "Setup the Backup Client Hosts" section of the
Amanda docs, which immediately assumes that I have a folder
"~dumpuser/".  It's telling me to create an ".amandahosts" file within
that directory.  Portage did not create any such user.  Is this a user
that I need in addition to the "amanda" user?  The client and server
are the same machine in my case (for now).


Just trying to clean up the docs, I can't find the section you mention.

Have a look at http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Quick_start .
I'm interested in all the fuzzy things left unclear in that doc.


--
Paul Bijnens, Xplanation                            Tel  +32 16 397.511
Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM    Fax  +32 16 397.512
http://www.xplanation.com/          email:  Paul.Bijnens AT xplanation DOT com
***********************************************************************
* I think I've got the hang of it now:  exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, *
* F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, *
* stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt,  abort,  hangup, *
* PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e,  kill -1 $$,  shutdown, *
* init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... *
* ...  "Are you sure?"  ...   YES   ...   Phew ...   I'm out          *
***********************************************************************



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