The Life of a RavenThe Life of a Raven - LiveJournal.comGreylisting spam- March 28, 2008 I've been reluctant to implement greylisting as a form of spam prevention on my server. It basically works by rejecting all mail with a temporary "I can't handle this right now, resend later" error. The mail system is designed to be robust and this is perfectly acceptable... senders are required to deal with it by the the standard that defines how mail works. But spammers don't bother. So if you just say, "Resend later," the theory is, spam disappears.We use it at work, and I have...http://ravenx99.livejournal.com/28741.html You took a picture!- March 25, 2008 I think I'm going to start a "You Took a Picture!" badge award for Flickr. I'll start the "Pictures" group go to with it. The rules for posting to the group will be "You must have taken the picture to submit it to the group. For every picture you submit, you must award the 'You Took a Picture!' badge to every photo you view."It's just as meaningful as any other award, isn't it When ordinary snapshots get ten awards in the first day they're up, it's obvious that the awards don't mean...http://ravenx99.livejournal.com/28602.html Papa needs a brand-new bag- March 6, 2008 Since 1999, I've carried what's more or less a man-purse. It started out as a Day-Timer cover... basically a cloth cover for a binder with handles, a detachable strap (which I never used, because that would have made it look like a purse), and pockets on the front for pens and stuff. But I quickly ditched the Day-Timer binder and just used it to haul stuff around. Man-bags weren't quite acceptable in the US yet, and I just called it a "satchel" as it was far too small to be a briefcase.After.http://ravenx99.livejournal.com/28231.html |