Mismatch between report and actions

[Robert Lopez]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Glenn Steen<glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/6/29 Robert Lopez <rlopezcnm at gmail.com>:
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Glenn Steen<glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2009/6/29 Robert Lopez <rlopezcnm at gmail.com>:
>>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Glenn Steen<glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 2009/6/26 Robert Lopez <rlopezcnm at gmail.com>:
>>>>>> HP Prolient DL360 G5
>>>>>> Two dual core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5450 @ 3.00GHz
>>>>>> 8 G RAM
>>>>>> Linux 2.6.28-11-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 02:45:36 UTC 2009
>>>>>> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>>>> Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty)
>>>>>> MailScanner version 4.74.16
>>>>>> Postfix version 2.5.5
>>>>>> SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 running on Perl version 5.10.0
>>>>>> (I know there are newer versions. These are Ubuntu apt-get...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> (snip error...)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Do the upgrades needed ... MailScanner, possibly SA and Clam as well.
>>>>> If this means leaving the Ubunto/apt thing behind, then so be it.
>>>>> If you still observe the same behavior... Then we'll look at other things:-).
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>> (snip)
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Glenn,
>>>>
>>>> Changing from Ubuntu is not my decision to make. My current project is
>>>> comparing a system built with RHEL and files from Julians site to this
>>>> one.
>>>>
>>> I didn't say "ditch Ubuntu", just the ubuntu packaging of
>>> MailScanner;-). You could probably live pritty well with the source
>>> tarball, for example.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> --
>>> -- Glenn
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>>
>> Again, Thank you Glenn.
>>
>> I have to attend to the root cause of the problem I wrote about. The
>> issue you reply to is a policy issue upon which I have no influence. I
>> was very happy with the test system built with tar files. My
>> management is not.
>>
> Why? They will just get an added delay and no real benefit (stability
> or otherwise) from sticking to more or less outdated "debianized"
> packages. Sigh. Get a clue-by-four and start whacking;-):-) One cannot
> fight bleeding edge malware/spam with trailing edge, or even sometimes
> moderately modern (like this problem instance;), protection systems.
>
> Cheers
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Glenn I totally agree with you. But your comments are not helpful. I
have stated I have no control over institutional policies.


-- 
Robert Lopez
Unix Systems Administrator
Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106