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Re: [BALUG-Admin] Your message to BALUG-Talk awaits moderator approval
by Rick Moen 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

Ashley -- In as much as your posting was held for approval only because you are not subscribed to the balug-talk mailing list, the obvious solution would seem to be your subscribing.

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Re: [BALUG-Admin] Your message to BALUG-Talk awaits moderator approval
by Rick Moen 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

Quoting Ashley Lynn Ireson (airley(a)email.arizona.edu): > Hello, > > I emailed Michael Paoli about where my message would be permitted and he > said that as long as it fit with the policy, balug-talk was the best > listserv. Since it is not a job posting, I believe it does comply with the > policies. Ashley, I discovered in Sept. 2016 that the listadmin password I have is no longer accepted, and brought that to the attention of the other BALUG admins. We have been trying to get control of that and other key parts of BALUG's operation from Michael Hubbard, who pays the bill, but have not yet gotten results. Therefore, I regret to say, I cannot take administrative action on your held post.

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I appear not to have the current listadmin password
by Rick Moen 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Attempted to check this out, discovered that the latest listadmin password I have in my PDA for lists.balug.org is not currently accepted. If Michael or someone with the current listadmin password would please call my cellular at 650-283-7902, I will update my records. ----- Forwarded message from balug-announce-bounces(a)lists.balug.org ----- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 03:01:57 -0700 From: balug-announce-bounces(a)lists.balug.org To: balug-announce-owner(a)lists.balug.org Subject: 1 BALUG-Announce moderator request(s) waiting X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 The BALUG-Announce(a)lists.balug.org mailing list has 1 request(s) waiting for your consideration at: http://lists.balug.org/admindb.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org Please attend to this at your earliest convenience. This notice of pending requests, if any, will be sent out daily. Pending posts: From: francine.carric(a)gmail.com on Tue Sep 27 04:07:06 2016 Subject: hoping to add another resource to your page! Cause: Post by non-member to a members-only list ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [BALUG-Admin] (forw) AXFR failures from 198.144.194.238
by Rick Moen 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

Two days ago, I wrote: > I notice ns1.linuxmafia.com is still in the authoritative roster for > domain balug.org. > > I notice ns1.linuxmafia.com is NOT any longer in the authoritative > roster for domain sf-lug.org. It was the other way around (sorry, edit error). ns1.linuxmafia.com is NOT in the authoritative roster for domain balug.org. Specifics were in the same message: > $ whois balug.org | grep '^Name Server' > Name Server: NS1.DREAMHOST.COM > Name Server: NS2.DREAMHOST.COM > Name Server: NS3.DREAMHOST.COM > $ whois sf-lug.org | grep '^Name Server' > Name Server: NS2.HE.NET > Name Server: NS3.HE.NET > Name Server: NS1.LINUXMAFIA.COM > Name Server: NS4.HE.NET > Name Server: NS.PRIMATE.NET > Name Server: NS5.HE.NET > $ whois sf-lug.com | grep '^Name Server' > Name Server: ns2.he.net > Name Server: ns3.he.net > Name Server: ns.primate.net > Name Server: ns4.he.net > Name Server: ns5.he.net > Name Server: ns1.linuxmafia.com > $ Which is still the case today. So, getting back to my point (now that I'm back from Kansas City): _Why_ should ns1.linuxmafia.com be doing secondary nameservice, given that you aren't including it in the authoritative list? That's kind of pointless. Please advise. Thanks.

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Master nameserver offline again?
by Rick Moen 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

----- Forwarded message from logcheck system account <logcheck(a)linuxmafia.com> ----- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:02:02 -0700 From: logcheck system account <logcheck(a)linuxmafia.com> To: root(a)linuxmafia.com Subject: linuxmafia.com 2016-08-25 00:02 System Events System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-= Aug 24 23:12:07 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone balug.org/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 24 23:12:07 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone balug.org/IN: Transfer started. Aug 24 23:12:28 linuxmafia named[1064]: transfer of 'balug.org/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: failed to connect: timed out Aug 24 23:12:28 linuxmafia named[1064]: transfer of 'balug.org/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 21.000 secs (0 bytes/sec) Aug 24 23:14:03 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone sf-lug.com/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 24 23:16:12 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone sf-lug.org/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 24 23:39:12 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone e.9.1.0.5.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 24 23:39:12 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone e.9.1.0.5.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa/IN: Transfer started. Aug 24 23:39:33 linuxmafia named[1064]: transfer of 'e.9.1.0.5.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: failed to connect: timed out Aug 24 23:39:33 linuxmafia named[1064]: transfer of 'e.9.1.0.5.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 21.000 secs (0 bytes/sec) Aug 24 23:39:41 linuxmafia named[1064]: zone balug.org/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) ----- End forwarded message -----

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AXFR failures from 198.144.194.238
by Rick Moen 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

(Greetings from MidAmeriCon II in Kansas City.) IP address 198.144.194.238 appears to be (or have been) the master nameserver for several domains... zone balug.org zone e.9.1.0.5.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa zone sf-lug.org ...for which ns1.linuxmafia.com has been doing slave nameservice at your request. Today, I notice I'm getting AXFR problems: Aug 22 11:15:19 linuxmafia named[11693]: zone balug.org/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 22 11:15:19 linuxmafia named[11693]: zone balug.org/IN: Transfer started. Aug 22 11:15:40 linuxmafia named[11693]: transfer of 'balug.org/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: failed to connect: timed out Aug 22 11:15:40 linuxmafia named[11693]: transfer of 'balug.org/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 21.000 secs (0 bytes/sec) Aug 22 11:21:30 linuxmafia named[11693]: zone e.9.1.0.5.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 22 11:40:34 linuxmafia named[11693]: zone balug.org/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Aug 22 11:40:34 linuxmafia named[11693]: zone balug.org/IN: Transfer started. Aug 22 11:40:55 linuxmafia named[11693]: transfer of 'balug.org/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: failed to connect: timed out Aug 22 11:40:55 linuxmafia named[11693]: transfer of 'balug.org/IN' from 198.144.194.238#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 20.999 secs (0 bytes/sec) Aug 22 11:45:53 linuxmafia named[11693]: zone sf-lug.org/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 198.144.194.238#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) I notice that 198.144.194.238 no longer responds to ping. I notice that auth namservers for the three domains no longer include one that resolves to IP 198.144.194.238. I notice ns1.linuxmafia.com is still in the authoritative roster for domain balug.org. I notice ns1.linuxmafia.com is NOT any longer in the authoritative roster for domain sf-lug.org. Accordingly, I am switching off slave nameservice for the three cited domains at this time. Please advise if you'd like me to resume slave nameservice for any of them, and from what master nameserver IP for each.

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Temporarily added/adding A records to ... for letsencrypt.org validation
by Michael Paoli 21 May '16

21 May '16

[DO NOT REPLY ALL (unless you're subscribed to BOTH lists] Temporarily added/adding these A records for letsencrypt.org validation (letsencrypt.org still fails to validate against IPv6 only): ipv6.balug.org. 14400 IN A 208.97.176.67 www.ipv6.balug.org. 14400 IN A 208.97.176.67 ipv6.sf-lug.com. 86400 IN A 198.144.194.238 www.ipv6.sf-lug.com. 86400 IN A 198.144.194.238 ipv6.sf-lug.info. 7200 IN A 198.144.194.238 www.ipv6.sf-lug.info. 7200 IN A 198.144.194.238 ipv6.sf-lug.org. 7200 IN A 198.144.194.238 www.ipv6.sf-lug.org. 7200 IN A 198.144.194.238

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BALUG: Lists, stats, etc.
by Michael Paoli 03 May '16

03 May '16

list stats (email addresses subscribed on each list by date): YY-MM-DD announce talk admin 2016-05-03 886 291 39 2016-04-03 887 290 39 2016-03-05 888 291 45 2016-01-05 887 295 45 2015-12-05 887 296 45 2015-11-07 887 301 45 2015-10-06 888 301 45 2015-09-05 887 301 45 2015-08-04 888 301 45 2015-07-03 888 300 45 2015-06-05 888 301 46 2015-05-02 885 298 45 2015-04-04 884 297 44 2015-03-07 886 298 44 2015-02-06 885 303 44 2015-01-07 885 304 45 2014-12-06 886 304 45 2014-11-01 884 302 45 2014-10-04 881 303 46 2014-09-06 878 309 44 2014-06-13 875 307 44 2014-05-02 874 306 44 2014-04-04 876 306 44 2014-03-01 876 306 43 2014-01-11 872 305 42 2013-10-05 854 293 40 2013-08-31 855 295 41 2013-07-20 852 297 40 2013-04-10 838 286 41 2013-03-03 841 289 41 2013-02-02 843 291 41 2012-12-15 845 310 41 2012-03-23 818 310 39 2012-02-01 813 307 40 2011-04-28 768 291 37 2011-02-27 762 288 36 2010-05-02 730 289 34 2010-04-01 727 291 33 2010-03-16 727 293 33 2009-12-16 716 290 33 2009-09-09 700 288 32 2009-03-27 677 287 29 2009-01-10 662 290 30 2008-08-17 635 290 29 2008-03-03 571 247 28 2008-01-02 337 260 28 2007-12-28 336 261 28 2007-09-03 264 258 27 2007-07-24 287 256 27 2007-06-17 280 249 27 references: http://www.balug.org/#Lists http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2016-April/003013.ht… et. seq.

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Re: [BALUG-Admin] successful BALUG boiler plates (unsubscribe, job posting inquiry)
by Michael Paoli 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Thanks. :-) And ... passing it to on-list here, as it pro'lly is (slightly) overdue for at least a trace of mention here (I probably last mentioned it on this list some year(s) ago or so). It basically came about from typical general practice of sysadmin / listadmin, of being "lazy" ... a.k.a. efficient. :-) Basically, automate (or semi-automate) that which can be (semi-)automated (so one can move onto the more "interesting" tasks, and let the comptuers do what they're good at and is boring/tedious for humans). Not surprisingly, I'd gotten rather tied of the various "unsubscribe me" requests that were typically sent to me, or sending or Reply-To address I'd used, or to the list, or to one of the BALUG contact addresses, etc. Most specifically the bone-headed, naive, ignorant, lazy, and/or "demanding" emails of that nature. And, I also got rather tired and annoyed with having to actually think about it, assemble the information, reply, include relevant links and information, etc. Really thought handling it ought be a script, or ... quite close to it. And certainly didn't want to mistrain users to ask listadmins to do for them what they ought be doing for themselves and should be fully capable of ... and to reasonably explain the situation, information, etc. And also cover the "what if" - in case they were actually trying and somehow failing to unsubscribe - so they'd be pre-armed to potentially at least come back with useful information, should that ever happen to occur. So ... thinking over the script possibility - in different context, I'd probably do that, but with various BALUG folks, at least potentially responding, etc, and trying to also share the information where it might be a bit handier to reference and use - and also thinking of how I was typically doing it when I replied (often not at mere bare CLI, but some GUI email client thingy/interface) ... so there'd likely be at least some trace of copy/paste anyway. So ... decided I'd set up simple wiki page with boilerplate text that could be copied and pasted, and would pretty much cover the matter. I'd also done, I think fair bit earlier, similar to handle responses to the fairly common "can I post a job to the BALUG list?" type questions - or rather to highly similar - which also works pretty darn well. And likewise, any BALUG folk can leverage it - no need to track down a script - just copy/paste, and it's handled. For reference also, the one regarding "jobs", is located here: https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:can_i_post_a_job_-_and_bo… > From: "Rick Moen" <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> > To: Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> > Cc: balug-contact(a)balug.org > Subject: Re: Our "boiler plate" seems to work pretty well [Re: BALUG > list(s) unsubscribe (Re: About email subscription)] > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:05:29 -0700 > Quoting Michael Paoli (Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu): > >> Well, our "boiler plate": >> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:unsubscribe >> seems to work fairly well. >> >> *Sometimes* (though rarely) folks even say "thanks" - though once I >> email 'em the boiler plate, I typically never hear from 'em again. >> I don't think I've yet had anyone I've sent the boiler plate to that >> ever came back with a response indicating that they weren't able >> to unsubscribe after they were sent the boiler plate >> information / instructions. > That's a remarkable achievemnet, seriously. Well done.

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(temporarily) down: SF-LUG (but lists up) ... likewise some BALUG bits down ...
by Michael Paoli 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

DO NOT REPLY ALL (unless you're subscribed to BOTH lists) FYI, I noticed short bit ago (they were up and online earlier today), that offline are: SF-LUG: ([www.]sf-lug.{org,com,info}), etc. but lists remain up and on-line also BALUG on-line: [www.]balug.org & lists, all other balug bits (e.g. wiki, archive other than list archive, etc.) still presently off-line. I expect to have more information (and hopefully have whatever is the issue corrected) by later this evening or so. (POTS line appears operational, but not reaching the subnet via DSL - I'll know more when I'm on-site again).

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