Re: The porting effort for the Dell Axim x50

Hi, about reducing spam :

It is possible and probable that the spammers use invaded machines of
basicly innocent people (even me), and maybe there is possible to forge
these e-mail headers,
so I hope this does not hurt too much, but
I analyzed some recent spam, and at least ip 195.20.15.168
came up.
Is there possible to use some better equipped e-mail-list server
software to beat this if it bothers too much.
I use learning client filtering which seems to be able to catch the
most of it.
It is quite easy to use the e-mail Subject text or part of it to direct
the filtering to different directories, which
is one way to deal with this. Other parts or info of e-mail is possible
to use too for creating filtering rules.
After teaching what is spam for some time it is quite tigth filter.
Since the telephone companies, who are keeping public smtp servers for
their customers, don't seem to require any authentication
for sending e-mail this is very hard to get reduced.
Not to mention that sending from any machine is possible, if you or the
virus writer knows how to.
It is possible to configure newer e-mail servers to require e.g.
certificate authentication from
clients also. I don't know anybody who has bothered to do that.

Mikko

Stavros Fox Polymenis wrote:
> This is where i stopped last time i was working on this
>
> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/building-angstrom
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Good luck,
> Stavros
>
> On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 13:02 -0400, Joe Belford wrote:
>
>> Sounds good, I'm in the process of building a debian system for my
>> build machine. I'll document the steps and post them when I'm
>> finished, hopefully today or tomorrow. I'm currently traveling so
>> that leaves me a few spare hours in the evenings to sit in the hotel
>> and work on the axim.
>>
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Stavros Fox Polymenis
>> <s.p_at_orbitalfox.com> wrote:
>> I am planning to use the latest kernel version. Ive not looked
>> into
>> patching it yet, cause first i need to manage to cross compile
>> the
>> kernel.
>>
>> But as it usually happens when you want to do something, work
>> kicked in
>> and i have limited spare time.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stavros
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 12:07 -0400, Joe Belford wrote:
>> > Stavros,
>> > What kernel version are you using and have you built an axim
>> patch?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joe
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:12 AM, Stavros Fox Polymenis
>> > <s.p_at_orbitalfox.com> wrote:
>> > I changed the subject on purpose.
>> >
>> > I have been looking into compiling a linux kernel
>> from fresh
>> > for the
>> > Axim. I am still trying to get the cross compiling
>> going, but
>> > i got some
>> > resources which might solve the problem.
>> >
>> > The only thing is i started my new job and im really
>> busy with
>> > settling
>> > in etc. Once i get in grips with it ill carry on my
>> research
>> > on the
>> > matter.
>> >
>> > Stavros
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 17:36 -0700, Billy Grubb
>> wrote:
>> > > This is becoming irritating. My junk filter in
>> gmail is
>> > starting to
>> > > filter out real applicable messages from this
>> mailing list.
>> > I can deal
>> > > with spam, but when it starts affecting the
>> materials I
>> > want, I become
>> > > a little less happy.
>> > >
>> > > By the way, I'm still relatively new to Linux
>> programming,
>> > though I've
>> > > been writing in C for years now. I'm barely able
>> to keep up
>> > with some
>> > > of the changes that are going on, but I'm getting
>> better.
>> > Would some
>> > > of the more experienced guys care to give me a
>> heads up. How
>> > far along
>> > > are we in respect to what we lack and how close we
>> are to a
>> > sound
>> > > alternative to windows mobile?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > ---Billy---
>> > >
>> > > On 6/6/08, Nerdvana - Steve Walsh
>> <s.walsh_at_nerdvana.com.au>
>> > wrote:
>> > > > Stavros Fox Polymenis wrote:
>> > > > > not unless you have admin rights to the
>> mailing list
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > that would be where I weigh in. I have admin
>> access to the
>> > list from 2-3
>> > > > years ago, but time and tide have taken me away
>> from the
>> > X50 effort. If
>> > > > someone wants to take over the list admin, drop
>> me a line
>> > off list and we
>> > > > can go from there.
>> > > >
>> > > > And yes, only members can post to the list, it's
>> quite
>> > common for spammers
>> > > > to subscribe a bot to a list to a) Harvest
>> addresses and
>> > b) spam the list.
>> > > >
>> > > > Steve
>> > > >
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