Info Freaking

If your internet provider set some stupid, paranoid email protocol policies which block external smtp usage you might be forced to use their smtp server to send email. Range of activities to prevent you from using external smtp can vary. Sometimes providers block port 25 and sometimes they list their own IP classes on spamhaus.org so if external smtp use RBL blocking it will filter out your IP.

If you have access to target smtpd you can easily whitelist internet provider IP classes so they wont be checked by RBL. My smrp server is standard Qmail installation (qmailrocks). All you need to do is to edit /etc/tcp.smtp and to add this instruction to your smtpd:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:allow,RBLSMTPD=”"

Of course, you will have to replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with your actual IP address, or you might whitelist whole IP classes by simply omiting adequate octets, for example:

xxx.xxx.xxx.:allow,RBLSMTPD=”"

for C class. At the same time you could backlist IP address by adding response to RBL. Put some comment in between quotation marks, for example:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:allow,RBLSMTPD=”This is spam IP!”

I won’t dive into detailed explanations about inner RBL functioning which is out of scope of this text. It’s important to know that if you put anything between quotation marks in above RBL configuration instructions smtp will consider related IP address as spam.

Finally, you will have to stop Qmail and recompile tcp.smtp instructions file by issuing following commands:

qmailctl stop
qmailctl cdb
qmailctl start

Good luck!

You may return from a vacation, like optimusprime01 (Away Till End Of October) when something hits you direct in the head -You are banned from Digg, man!

No page profile - the only thing that pops out is announcement: “What you are looking for, isn’t here.”

…. WTH is then, if it isn’t here???!!! WTF is my profile? WTF is my page??? WTF, OMG, … and so on and so on… these and many more thought might storm through your mind….

Just because of one reason (and I think you know): SCRIPT USE!

If you were using scripts, my dear Digg Friend, you shouldn’t be as surprised as one might think. Ban spree on Digg.com is not a fresh news and supposedly Digg.com has no mercy. Or as Kevin Rose put it in one of the videos: “I don’t care whether is top user or the millionth user. If you are using scripts, you will be banned.”

And they were…

I am just wondering: were they banned because they used to use scripts or these users continued to use scripts even after the big fuss on Digg (when top users like DiggBoss, Zaibatsu etc.. were banned). If they did - very brave indeed, my friends!

However, if they used to digg with scripts, but stopped violating Digg TOS, personally I see no reason for banning them.

Then again, I hope they will keep the dignity and not come out with the lamest excuse such as… Oh, I didn’t know using scripts is agains Digg TOS.

Here is the list of 50 and more lucky winners that were banned:

1. abhim12
2. akpwnzz
3. alexander13
4. alllo
5. americanpyscho
6. CassyEli
7. charbarred
8. cosmikdebris
9. Crackerpat
10. craig081785
11. D14BL0
12. DCapps
13. dreams800
14. FamilyGuyFan
15. guerresoanthony
16. HapSnappy
17. hilariobarbosa
18. Inthenameofmine
19. iraq
20. jaybuster
21. jefflombardo
22. jfreshbloomer
23. jordankasteler
24. LewP
25. lordhuggington1
26. MarkusGarvey
27. Mathieugothax
28. mejaredme
29. miriad
30. MissPoker
31. mpind176
32. NeoConSlayer
33. noupe
34. obeezy
35. Odenized
36. optimusprime01
37. PauloAlbini
38. peetys
39. petsheep
40. PMG2007
41. queenmoweeny
42. rtknox00
43. SocialBanner
44. socialuser
45. starfocus03
46. supernova17
47. sweetnothing
48. tamar
49. ToeCracker
50. umarboy
51. WWMD

If you have some more information about who was banned and why, please comment.

They are not human, but they are still our celebrities!

Best human friends are usually dogs, but other animals can also make movie superstars: pigs, fishes, dolphins, deers, and even spiders. Put darling animals and kids in a same film and you’ll get a winning combo. Here are few movies with animals which everybody like:

Free  Willy - Dangerous killer whales are also very smart and can become family movie superstars.

Turner and Hooch - Not only pretty dogs can became our heroes, here is a proof.

Finding Nemo - which has an animal family as a central film figures.

Babe - Nowadays, pigs are not only lunch ingredients, they are also great actors.

Lassie - Synonym for a faithful dog.

Charlotte’s Web - Believe it or not, spider can become best kid’s friend.

Bambi - Wolt Disney’s classic, it became synonym for touching family movie.