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[Julian Field]

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Glenn Steen wrote:
> On 02/02/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
>> Glenn Steen spake the following on 2/2/2007 10:13 AM:
>> > On 02/02/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
>> >> Glenn Steen spake the following on 2/1/2007 5:59 PM:
>> >> > On 02/02/07, Peter Russell <pete at enitech.com.au> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> > (snip)
>> >> >> As you say, after i posted it i did some further research and 
>> found it
>> >> >> was just a warning - thanks for the explanation.
>> >> > :-)
>> >> >> >> I will leave off making any more MTA changes until one of the
>> >> clever
>> >> >> >> cloggs can post up some tips...
>> >> >> > Um, english parser breakdown... Isn't a clogg a sort of 
>> wooden shoe?
>> >> >> > And a clever clogg is then an intelligent footwear? Sort of 
>> an AI
>> >> for
>> >> >> > pedestrian appliances?:-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Well i didnt wanna say geeks - but there you go you have forced 
>> me. :)
>> >> > Why thank you... Such high praise...:-):-).
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I made some changes to my main.cf and then telnet in to my 
>> server from
>> >> >> another network, i can get through helo, MAIL FROM with false info
>> >> - no
>> >> >> warnings, errors or disconnects. Any idea where i am going 
>> wrong? (i
>> >> >> have exclude all my pre existing transport map, relay domains type
>> >> >> config) Appreciate any tips or suggestions.
>> >> >> Pete
>> >> > To my tired eyes (it's almost 02.00 here) it looks ok, so it would
>> >> > depend on the content of the file I guess... You did remember to
>> >> > postmap it (and reload postfix after the changes to main.cf)?
>> >> > With a little luck (all the luck I didn't have today... SSL-X 
>> logged
>> >> > itself to death (audit f a failed message just kept repeating) 
>> and was
>> >> > ornery about the license file while updating on new HW, Oracle was
>> >> > just as Oracle can be, the doctor kept me waiting (well, nothing 
>> new
>> >> > there:-) and pesky users kept interrupting about me helping them 
>> with
>> >> > their *private* WLAN/DSL installs (as if I was going home to 
>> them and
>> >> > doing their LAN... Well, perhaps if sufficient amounts of finer 
>> booze
>> >> > was at the end of it:), so that I never got any time to install the
>> >> > latest and greatest MS... Grrr.) I'll have time to look at it 
>> again in
>> >> > the morning (today).
>> >> >
>> >> > Tired but kind regards
>> >> I get a lot of that "personal" pestering, too. If you tell them up
>> >> front you
>> >> are going to charge them, and make the price high enough, you will
>> >> stop about
>> >> 90% of it. The other 10% is beer money! ;-)
>> >> Just set your rate high enough to be worth your time.
>> >
>> > Trust me, I'm not cheap... The dang thing is that working in the
>> > financial sector... quite a few of them can actually afford it:-). So,
>> > since I really don't want to be straddled with their problems, I tend
>> > to ... exaggerate a bit more:-).
>> >
>> If your still getting too many, then your prices are still too low. 
>> Even a
>> rich man has a price that he won't pay!
>> I had a guy the other day that wanted me to do some work, and 
>> actually seemed
>> offended that I wouldn't do it for free! Only my family gets work for 
>> free.
>
> Exactly... It's actually the richest of them that seem to think we're
> their personal IT-butlers and we should do this service as part of our
> normal work... After a few "explanations" it seem to have sunk in that
> we're not:-)
Start by asking for at least $200 per hour. That usually separates out 
the chaff. And they realise that what they've asked you to do isn't the 
equivalent of building a flat-pack bookcase.

Jules

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