Performance

[Glenn Steen]

On 02/02/07, Julian Field <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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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

I start at the equivalent to $230 - 250... 200 would be a "friendly"
price... And real friends get it for free... not counting the
booze:-). What shocks me is that some of these rich types actually
consider it... I probably will have to raise it before too long:-).
Problem whith that kind of job would be that I'd never get away from
it ... Any insignificant&unrelated problem would suddenly be part of
the deal ("Oh, and the broadband TV needs some adjusting"... "Sure,
that will be another hour" ... Not my cup of $HOTBEVERAGE:-)
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