February 12, 2014 archive
Feb 12
TDYR #098 – To Get Your Content Noticed, Titles And First Sentences Are Insanely Important
Feb 12
New Apache SpamAssassin Release 3.4.0 Includes Native IPv6 Support!
Very cool news out of the Apache SpamAssassin project that the new release 3.4.0 has full native IPv6 support! This is important because SpamAssassin is widely used as an anti-spam tool for email servers. This update nows means that it can be used in mail servers running on IPv6, including on mail servers running in an IPv6-only environment. From the release notes:
Improved support for IPv6
————————-The rules-updating program sa-update and its infrastructure is now usable over either IPv4 or IPv6, including from an IPv6-only hosts (bug 6654).
SpamAssassin is now usable on an IPv6-only host: affects installation, self-tests, rule updates, client, server, and a command-line spamassassin.
Command line options -4 and -6 were added to prefer/choose/force IPv4 or IPv6 in programs spamassassin, spamd, spamc, and sa-update.
Command line options –listen and –allowed-ips in spamd can now accept IPv6 addresses.
Preferably a perl module IO::Socket::IP is used (if it is available) for network communication regardless of a protocol family – for DNS queries, by spamd server side, and by a client code in Mail::SpamAssassin::Client. As a fallback when the module IO::Socket::IP is unavailable, an older module IO::Socket::INET6 is used, or eventually the IO::Socket::INET is used as last resort.
If spamd fails to start with an ‘Address already in use’ message, please install perl module IO::Socket::IP, or deintall IO::Socket::INET6, or specify a socket bind address explicitly with a spamd –listen option. See bug 6953 for details.
The spamd server can now simultaneously listen on multiple sockets, possibly in different protocol domains (Unix sockets, INET or INET6 protocol families.
DnsResolver was updated allowing it to work on an IPv6-only host (bug 6653)
A plugin RelayCountry now uses module Geo::IP and its database of IPv6 addresses GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION_V6 when available.
The following configuration options were extended to accept IPv6 addresses: dns_server, trusted_networks, internal_networks, msa_networks, (but not yet the whitelist_from_rcvd), and their defaults were adjusted accordingly.
The parser code of Received header fields can now deal with IPv6 addresses in a mail header section.
The AutoWhitelist plugin was updated and can now deal with IPv6 addresses.
Installation unit tests were updated to prevent them from failing on an IPv6-only host.
This is excellent news and we congratulate the Apache SpamAssassin team on making this happen. If you are a SpamAssassin user, you can get release 3.4.0 now to be able to fight spam on email connections over IPv6!
Feb 12
Enjoying Watching Olympic Curling? TRY IT OUT This Sunday in Petersham, MA
Are you enjoying watching curling at the Sochi Olympics? Are you intrigued by the game and want to learn more? Would you like to try it out yourself?
The great news is that you CAN try it this Sunday, February 16, from 12-5pm, and then again on Thursday, February 20, from 6-9pm.
The great folks down at the Petersham Curling Club (PCC), about 45 minutes south of Keene, are holding two FREE open houses to help people learn about the game. As noted on their page about the curling open houses, the two upcoming dates are:
- Sun, Feb 16, 12-5 pm – At this Open House you’ll have a chance to actually try the sport of curling. You’ll learn how to deliver a stone, the role of sweeping and more. This will be a great opportunity to get on the ice and experience the sport yourself!
- Thurs, Feb 20, 6-9 pm - This will be a week-night version of the Feb 16th Open House where you will again get a chance to try out the sport of curling.
All you need to bring is a pair of clean, rubber-soled shoes and your enthusiasm! You’ll have the chance to try out the great game of curling that you are seeing on the Olympics.
It’s easy to get to the Petersham Curling Club – from Keene just head south on Route 32 (going down past the Keene airport) and stay on Route 32 all the way down through Richmond, NH, Royalston, MA, Athol and on into Petersham. The club is located right off of Route 32. More information can be found on the PCC directions page. In good weather it takes about 45 minutes to get from Keene down to the Petersham club.
The Petersham Curling Club is a great place to curl and is where several of us involved with starting up the Monadnock Curling Club all curl. We strongly encourage you to head down to Petersham, MA, and check out the Open Houses. And if the curling bug bites you as it has us, please do join the PCC and start playing the awesome sport of curling!
And then… please let us know you are interested in seeing curling come to Keene!
Feb 12
Enjoying Watching Olympic Curling? TRY IT OUT This Sunday in Petersham, MA
Are you enjoying watching curling at the Sochi Olympics? Are you intrigued by the game and want to learn more? Would you like to try it out yourself?
The great news is that you CAN try it this Sunday, February 16, from 12-5pm, and then again on Thursday, February 20, from 6-9pm.
The great folks down at the Petersham Curling Club (PCC), about 45 minutes south of Keene, are holding two FREE open houses to help people learn about the game. As noted on their page about the curling open houses, the two upcoming dates are:
- Sun, Feb 16, 12-5 pm – At this Open House you’ll have a chance to actually try the sport of curling. You’ll learn how to deliver a stone, the role of sweeping and more. This will be a great opportunity to get on the ice and experience the sport yourself!
- Thurs, Feb 20, 6-9 pm – This will be a week-night version of the Feb 16th Open House where you will again get a chance to try out the sport of curling.
All you need to bring is a pair of clean, rubber-soled shoes and your enthusiasm! You’ll have the chance to try out the great game of curling that you are seeing on the Olympics.
It’s easy to get to the Petersham Curling Club – from Keene just head south on Route 32 (going down past the Keene airport) and stay on Route 32 all the way down through Richmond, NH, Royalston, MA, Athol and on into Petersham. The club is located right off of Route 32. More information can be found on the PCC directions page. In good weather it takes about 45 minutes to get from Keene down to the Petersham club.
The Petersham Curling Club is a great place to curl and is where several of us involved with starting up the Monadnock Curling Club all curl. We strongly encourage you to head down to Petersham, MA, and check out the Open Houses. And if the curling bug bites you as it has us, please do join the PCC and start playing the awesome sport of curling!
And then… please let us know you are interested in seeing curling come to Keene!
