http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ 2011-02-25T14:48:33-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-02-23T08:24:08-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/pts?rev=1298467448&do=diff Phoenix Technologies and Solutions Welcome to the PTS WIKI. Here you will find technical information related to our PTS products and services, as well as technical information on Sendmail, Blogs, Email Alerts, UNIX, Windows, and more. Some of our products and services include: text/html 2010-11-06T12:22:01-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/listethernetadapters?rev=1289060521&do=diff The List Ethernet adapters (listethernetadapters.exe) utility gives information on all ethernet adapters on a Windows workstation or server To run the utility run the utility C:\listethernetadapters Network Adapter 1 Description: Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Physical (MAC) address: 00:07:E9:D6:CF:23 Host name: Workstation1 IP address: 192.168.1.34 IP address: fe80::7d05:b126:72a4:dfb8 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Subnet: … text/html 2010-08-23T13:05:00-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/windows_mrt_utility?rev=1282583100&do=diff You can detect and Remove Malicious Software with the Windows MRT (Malicious [Software] Removal Tool). The options are: /Q or /quiet - quiet mode;if set no UI is shown /? or /help - displays usage information /N - detect-only mode /F - force full scan /F:Y - force full scan, but automatically clean infected files text/html 2010-08-23T13:03:47-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/will_do_external?rev=1282583027&do=diff Want to create a custom test or function for your email? Use the will_do_external option to the ptsfilter. This option allows you to use a shell script, perl, or what ever you would like to use for your function. will_do_external Performs a user specified script. This takes a fully qualified pathname for the program to run. This also has the options of 1, 2, and 3. ex: will_do_external~/usr/local/bin/myscript~3~ option 1 performs the command on messages accepted option 2 performs the co… text/html 2010-08-23T13:02:30-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/wiki?rev=1282582950&do=diff When using your wiki if you want to create a list you can put \\ at the end of the line. This will insert a line break and keep your post in the format you want rather than one long paragraph. If you want to create a email address link just type in the address and highlight it. Then click the link button on top. text/html 2010-08-23T13:01:46-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/vipul_razor?rev=1282582906&do=diff Vipul’s Razor (Antispam) Vipul’s Razor is a distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network. Detection is done with statistical and randomized signatures that spot spam content. Vipul’s Razor does an excellent job of detecting spam. You can get more information at the Vipul’s Razor website. text/html 2010-08-23T13:00:56-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/verifying_drivers_in_windows_using_the_verifier_utility?rev=1282582856&do=diff The Windows Verifier Utility performs general driver verification on your windows system using through the Driver verifier. You can use the the Verifier to ensure that you have good drivers loaded on your system and that a virus hasn’t modified the driver files on your system. text/html 2010-08-23T12:59:10-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/using_mysqlcheck_to_check_and_repair_tables?rev=1282582750&do=diff mysqlcheck is the command line program to check and repair <a href=“<http://dev.mysql.com>”>mysql</a> tables. It performs the same functions as the check table and repair table query statements. Examples: mysqlcheck ptsmail This checks all of the tables in the ptsmail database. text/html 2010-08-23T12:57:01-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/using_clamav_with_sendmail_and_the_ptsmail_utilities?rev=1282582621&do=diff Using Clamav with sendmail and the PTSMail Utilities gives you more control over how you deal with a message with a virus. To use clamav simply at the following to your ptsfilter.conf file. clamav fully qualified pathname to clamscan, used by filter. You can now have the option of the 1, 2, or 3. 1 only test message if it has not failed any other test, 2 test message even if it is an exception, and 3 test all messages both incoming and outgoing. text/html 2010-08-23T12:56:01-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/tuning_the_kernel_to_maximize_tcp_ip_buffer_sizes_for_sendmail?rev=1282582561&do=diff Incoming TCP/IP packets that are bound for sendmail are buffered by the kernel until sendmail request them. If your mail server is very busy sendmail may not process them fast enough. If this happens the buffer can fill up and the sending side has to wait until the buffer can drains. You can help to prevent this by increasing the size of the buffer. On a FreeBSD system (which we use and recommend) you can do this using the sysctl command. To do it dynamically do the following: text/html 2010-08-23T12:54:52-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/thread_safe_client_mysql?rev=1282582492&do=diff Building a thread safe client for mysql from source. Use the following configure options when you build mysql. ./configure –enable-static –enable-thread-safe-client –with-pthread –prefix=/usr/local/mysql For more information or support on MySQL call 410-838-5100 or visit our web site. Our email address is <experts@expertsinunix.com> Skype: pts.support text/html 2010-08-23T12:54:12-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/tblusertable?rev=1282582452&do=diff Allowing your users to set there email exceptions and restrictions with sendmail and the PTSMail Utilities is easy to setup. 1. Add the tblUserList table in your ptsmail database. You will need mysql. You can use the following query. create table tblUserList (ToAddress VARCHAR(50),FromAddress varchar(125),Action tinyint); text/html 2010-08-23T12:52:18-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/taskill?rev=1282582338&do=diff Using tasklist and taskkill at the command prompt allows you to do what you can do with task manager in windows. Example: C:\>tasklist Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ System Idle Process 0 Console 0 16 K System 4 Console 0 212 K smss.exe 288 Console 0 392 K csrss.exe 336 Console 0 1,216 K winlogon.exe 364 Console 0 6,364 K services.exe 408 Console 0 3,436 K lsass.exe 420 Console 0 1,360 K ati2ev… text/html 2010-08-23T12:51:13-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/surbl?rev=1282582273&do=diff ====== SURBL (Spam URI Real time Block lists) Spam URI Real time Block lists are servers which track domain addresses of known spammers. This block scans for click able urls in your email messages. When your mail server receives email it does a check on the URI in the message of the server contained in the URI. If the address is listed in one of the Spam URI Real time Block list it is rejected. It is very effective test. You can get more information at the surbl website or the uribl website. text/html 2010-08-23T12:50:19-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/statsreport?rev=1282582219&do=diff statsreport - PTSMail Utilities Stats Report: This is a statistical report to show you how well your ptsfilter and sendmail is working. You will be able to see a breakdown of the performance of specific tests and blacklists to see what is the most efficient. text/html 2010-08-23T12:48:03-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/starting_other_windows_programs_from_a_batch_file?rev=1282582083&do=diff To run Microsoft Windows programs or files use the START command. The below example would run Windows Notepad. The syntax for the the Start command is C:\>start /? Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command. START [“title”] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED] [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL] [/AFFINITY ] [/WAIT] [/B] [command/program] [parameters] text/html 2010-08-23T12:47:08-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/software_development?rev=1282582028&do=diff Software Development software development - The process of a consumers' computer based need being transformed into a software program that performs the desired function. This process includes but is not limited consumer needs analysis, program requirements research and software engineering. text/html 2010-08-23T12:46:08-05:00 admin http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/smtp?rev=1282581968&do=diff It has 5 configuration options: * -c - The full receiving domain name. * -m - The originating domain name * -f - The “from” address * -t - The “to” address * -e - The file you wish to send (NOTE: this file MUST be a text file) Example: smtp -c receivingdomain.com -m sendingdomain.com -f sendingdomain.com -t recievingdomain.com -e /tmp/message (note fully qualified path name here)