http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ 2011-02-26T10:26:32-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-08-23T09:14:04-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/access_database?rev=1282569244&do=diff Automatically adding Blacklist Database entries to your sendmail access file can be accomplished using the rebuild_access option in the ptsfilter.conf file rebuild_access Add addresses from the Blacklist mysql tables to sendmail access database. Takes 2 arguments action (DISCARD,REJECT) ip only (1), domain only (2) or both (3) ex: rebuild_access~DISCARD~1~ text/html 2010-08-23T09:14:53-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/accreditation_services?rev=1282569293&do=diff Accreditation Services are almost a reverse dnsbl. If you are in the database you have said I will play by the rules of proper mail solicitation. To use this with sendmail and the ptsfilter add the following to your ptsfilter.conf file Ptsfilter commands: do_habeas_check Turn on Habeas accreditation check. text/html 2010-08-23T09:21:44-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/add_address_list.conf?rev=1282569704&do=diff This allows adding a recipient to a message either on outgoing or incoming messages or both. An example of the file follows. #This is the PTSMail Utilities Add Address List configuration file #The file controls the incoming outgoing copy message feature used #by the ptsfilter. This is the add_address_list.conf file #The first field is the address where you want to copy messages. #The second field is the address to copy messages to. #The third field indicates action, from (the first field a… text/html 2010-08-23T09:22:45-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/add_address_list?rev=1282569765&do=diff he address-list.conf list in the ptsfilter allows you to block both incoming and outgoing patterns based on regular expressions. This gives you great flexibility in blocking email emails by specific types of addresses. An example file follows. Comments are denoted by # text/html 2010-08-23T09:18:11-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/afo?rev=1282569491&do=diff The following was submitted by Sid Mclaurin of American Families Online. They are an ISP in Florida and a very successful user of PTSMail Utilities. On average they block over 90% of incoming mail a day. You can reach Sid at smclaurin@afo.net text/html 2010-08-23T09:24:50-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/alter_table?rev=1282569890&do=diff The mysql alter table query allows you to change characteristics of a table. Example: alter table tblgreylist change FromAddress FromAddress varchar(200); The above statement changes the size of the FromAddress column int tblgreylist table. text/html 2010-08-23T09:19:07-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/backing_up_and_restoring_a_mysql_database?rev=1282569547&do=diff For a system administrator backups are a necessary part of any daily task list. Backing up your MySQL databases properly is also important. Using mysqldump you can backup all of your databases at one time or individually. As an example: mysqldump -u root -h localhost –password=a password mydatabase>/tmp/mydatabase.sql text/html 2010-08-23T09:26:56-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/bayesian_filter?rev=1282570016&do=diff Bayesian Filter A technique for identifying incoming e-mail spam. Unlike other filtering techniques that look for spam-identifying words in subject lines and headers, a Bayesian filter uses the entire context of an e-mail when it looks for words or character strings that will identify the e-mail as spam. Another difference between a Bayesian filter and other content filters is that a Bayesian filter learns to identify new spam the more it analyzes incoming e-mails. text/html 2010-08-23T09:31:15-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/blacklist_database?rev=1282570275&do=diff DNSBL (IP Blacklist Databases) Blacklist Databases are servers which track IP addresses of known spammers. When your mail server receives email it does a check on the IP address of the server that handed the mail off to your server. If the IP address is listed in the Blacklist Database it is rejected. This is probably the most widely used antispam test. It is very easy to implement and there are many DNSBL’s to choose from. Some of the most widely used DNSBL’s are: spamhaus spamcop sorbs text/html 2010-08-23T09:20:48-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/blocking_email_based_on_subject_and_message_size?rev=1282569648&do=diff Using the PTSMail Utilities and Sendmail you can block email based on Subject Size and Message size. This allows you to specify a Maximum and Minimum Subject size as well as a minimum message size. Add the following to your ptsfilter.conf file. maxsubjectsize text/html 2010-08-23T09:37:26-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/blocking_email_by_character_set?rev=1282570646&do=diff With the PTSMail Utilities you can block email by character sets. character-list.conf This file contains a list of your allowable character sets. The test works on both the header and the body. You add the character sets you want to allow and it rejects the rest. text/html 2010-08-23T09:40:13-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/blocking_email_by_subject?rev=1282570813&do=diff Blocking email based on the subject header To block email in the subject header of message with sendmail and the PTSMail Utilities you can use the subject-list.conf file. This block email using regular expressions on the subject header only. subject-list.conf text/html 2009-02-11T14:16:12-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/body_priority?rev=1234379772&do=diff body_priority scheduling priority for body phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest text/html 2009-02-11T14:00:34-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/check_local_user?rev=1234378834&do=diff check_local_user Checks the from address against the passwd, alias and virtusertable files on your Sendmail server. text/html 2010-08-23T09:43:03-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/check_pattern?rev=1282570983&do=diff check_pattern - PTSMail Utilities Pattern checking Program : check_pattern is a command line utility to check regular expression patterns against your configuration files. check_pattern is normally located in /usr/local/bin. You can use the following arguments after check_pattern : text/html 2010-08-23T09:49:25-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/checking_system_variables_values_in_mysql?rev=1282571365&do=diff You can see the current values of system variables in MySQL using the show variables query in MySQL. Example: show variables; To look for a particular type of variable use: show variables like ‘pattern’; The query will return the session value of each variable. Many of the these can be changed in the my.cnf configuration file. text/html 2010-08-23T10:05:25-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/clamav?rev=1282572325&do=diff Clamav (Antivirus) Clamav is an open source anti-virus program. It is very effective and has ways to integrate in to sendmail such as a milter interface. You can get more information at the clamav antivirus website. Ptsfilter commands: clamav Clamav utility to check email with freshclam Update virus definitions during smd maintenance cycle text/html 2010-08-23T10:06:30-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/compressing_data_with_the_compact_utility_in_windows?rev=1282572390&do=diff If you are using the NTFS file system in Windows you can use the compact command to store more information on your hard drive. Syntax: COMPACT [/C | /U] [/S[:dir]] [/A] [/I] [/F] [/Q] [filename [...]] /C Compresses the specified files. Directories will be marked so that files added afterward will be compressed. /U Uncompresses the specified files. Directories will be marked so that files added afterward will not be compressed. /S Performs the specified operation on files in the given dir… text/html 2009-02-11T14:01:53-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/connect_blacklist?rev=1234378913&do=diff connect_blacklist Change blacklist database used for checking mailserver. text/html 2009-02-11T14:04:56-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/connect_openrelay?rev=1234379096&do=diff connect_openrelay Change blacklist database used for checking open relay. text/html 2009-02-11T14:06:22-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/connect_priority?rev=1234379182&do=diff connect_priority scheduling priority for connect phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest text/html 2010-08-23T10:29:36-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/consolidating_email_accounts?rev=1282573776&do=diff Consolidating all of the email accounts you have into your MyPTSMail Account is very straight forward. Contact <support@myptsmail.com> and let them know the email provider. It can be anyone, yahoo,gmail, aol, your work provider or all of them. Let them know if you want to remove the messages after they are moved to your MyPTSMail Account or leave them in place. When new messages come into these accounts they will be placed into your MyPTSMail Account. The format will show the messages the… text/html 2010-08-23T10:30:15-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/controlling_connections_with_sendmai?rev=1282573815&do=diff The following 2 options for sendmail can help you control how many connections a mail server can have open to your mail server at any one time. FEATURE(`conncontrol’, `nodelay’, `terminate’) controls how many simultaneous connections per given ip address text/html 2010-08-23T10:31:48-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/copying_a_mysql_database_using_a_network_transfer?rev=1282573908&do=diff You can copy a mysql database to another server using the following command: mysqldump –opt –database mydatabase | mysql -h database.otherdomain.com This will make a copy of mydatabase on the server named database.otherdomain.com For more information or tech support on MySQL call us at 410-838-5100 or email us at <experts@expertsinunix.com> Skype: pts.support text/html 2010-08-23T10:32:50-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/creating_a_batch_file_at_the_command_prompt_in_windows?rev=1282573970&do=diff Sometimes it would be helpful to create your own commands in windows. You can do this using the command or DOS prompt. You can start the command prompt by going to start run and type “cmd”. You can use the edit command at the command prompt or use an editor like notepad. text/html 2010-08-23T10:34:02-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/cteate_table?rev=1282574042&do=diff Creating a table in MYSql involves using the create table statement. Look at the following example. create table BlackList (IPAddress VARCHAR(20), BlackListName VARCHAR(30),datecreated date,Primary Key(IPAddress)); The above command creates a table called BlackList with three columns. The first column is called IPAddress and it is type VARCHAR. Up to 20 characters are allowed in the field. The second column is called BlackListName is also a VARCHAR column that allows 30 characters. The third c… text/html 2010-08-23T10:36:22-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/currdate?rev=1282574182&do=diff The following select statement shows the use of date_sub,curdate and interval. select RejectReason3,Count(RejectReason3) from tblEmailFilter WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 5 DAY) <= DateEntered Group by RejectReason3; The above select statement gives a count of the individual tests performed by the ptsfilter over the last 6 days. text/html 2010-08-23T10:44:07-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/defrag?rev=1282574647&do=diff You can defrag your windows hard drives from the command line using the following command. defrag <volume> [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?] volume drive letter or mount point (d: or d:\vol\mountpoint) -a Analyze only -f Force defragmentation even if free space is low -v Verbose output -? Display this help text If you add these to a maintenance bat script you could then use the Windows scheduler to run the task on a regular basis. text/html 2010-08-23T10:44:38-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/delayed_insert_mysql?rev=1282574678&do=diff You can improve performance with your MySQL inserts using the DELAYED keyword. When a delayed insert request arrives for a table, the server puts the rows in a queue and returns a status to the client immediately so the client can continue before the rows are inserted. This option gives readers more precedence. This is especially useful with the PTSMail Utilities as the statistics are constantly being added to the database. text/html 2010-08-23T10:45:23-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/deleting_a_mailbox_on_cyrus_imap?rev=1282574723&do=diff To delete a mailbox on cyrus-imap you have to give permission. By default admin doesn’t have permission to delete a mailbox. mysystem# cyradm -u cyrus localhost Password: localhost> lm user.test (\HasChildren) user.john.Sent (\HasNoChildren) user.test.Drafts (\HasNoChildren) user.john.Trash (\HasNoChildren) user.test.Sent (\HasNoChildren) user.john (\HasChildren) user.test.Trash (\HasNoChildren) user.john.Drafts (\HasNoChildren) user.john (\HasChildren) user.test.Sent (\HasNoChildren) … text/html 2010-08-23T10:46:16-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/dictionary_attacks?rev=1282574776&do=diff What Tests with sendmail and the PTSMail Utilities are most effective against Dictionary Attacks? What is a Dictionary Attack? A Dictionary Attack is a spamming technique where spammers submit thousands or millions of email messages with random addresses. The object of the attack is to find which addresses are valid either by a DSN or there may be hidden code in the message that reports back to the spammer when the email has been opened, which lets the spammer know which email addresses are va… text/html 2009-02-11T14:08:07-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/discard_bad_addresses?rev=1234379287&do=diff discard_bad_addresses If the number of bad addresses is greater than the number specified, the messageis dropped. Used to prevent dictionary attacks. text/html 2009-02-11T14:09:32-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/discard_invalid_address?rev=1234379372&do=diff discard_invalid_address If the format of the address is invalid,discard the message. text/html 2010-08-23T10:47:20-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/discovering_user_identity_in_windows_vista?rev=1282574840&do=diff By Using the WhoAmI utility in Windows Vista you information on who you are in relation to other elements of the system. This utility can be used to get user name and group information along with the respective security identifiers (SID), privileges, logon identifier (logon ID) for the current user (access token) on the local system. i.e. who is the current logged on user? If no switch is specified, tool displays the user name in NTLM format (domain\username). text/html 2009-02-11T13:58:42-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/do_check_for_mailserver?rev=1234378722&do=diff do_check_for_mailserver Check ip address against blacklist database. Options are “1” or “2” Option “1” performs check at connect phase option “2” performs check at recipient list Default database is dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net. text/html 2009-02-11T14:03:41-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/do_check_for_openrelay?rev=1234379021&do=diff do_check_for_openrelay Check for open relay or proxy. Options are “1” or “2” Option “1” performs check at connect phase option “2” performs check at recipient list Default database is list.dsbl.org. text/html 2010-08-23T10:48:33-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/domain_blacklist_database?rev=1282574913&do=diff DNSBL (Domain Based Blacklist Databases) Domain Based Blacklist Databases are servers which track domains of known spammers. When your mail server receieves email it does a check on the domain of the server that handed the mail off to your server. If the domain is listed in the Blacklist Database it is rejected. It is very easy to implement. For more information check RFC Ignorant text/html 2010-08-23T10:49:11-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/edit_page?rev=1282574951&do=diff Your wiki is an information source. As such you will need to update information on pages over time. You can do this by logging in to your wiki and locating the page either by search or the index. When you locate the page you want to modify hit the “Edit Page” button. At this point you can make additions,deletions or modifications tot the page. Then just save the page and logout. text/html 2010-08-23T10:50:20-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/email_alert?rev=1282575020&do=diff A email alert to a cell phone is a feature of the MyPTSMail utilities. This feature allows your users to have a notification sent to one or more cell phones when email from a particular address is received to your email server. Users can create their own alerts through the ptsuser.cgi interface or the system administrator can create them through the System administrators web configurator. The alerts can be for an individual or for a group. The process is real time. text/html 2010-08-23T10:51:11-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/email_alerts?rev=1282575071&do=diff You can setup email alerts to multiple cell phones or email servers by using a comma to separate the addresses in the alert address box. This would allow you to alert multiple phones at one time with one entry. The alerts do not have to go to a cell phone or pda, but can go to any email address. Give it a try. text/html 2010-08-23T10:52:37-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/email_server_verification?rev=1282575157&do=diff Email Server Verification is the process of checking that a valid email server has connected to the local server. This is accomplished by using a DNSBL that has a list of dynamic IP addresses. This is performed at the connection phase or at the recipient phase as user defined options. text/html 2009-02-11T14:15:17-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/eoh_priority?rev=1234379717&do=diff eoh_priority scheduling priority for eoh phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest. text/html 2009-02-11T14:17:14-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/eom_priority?rev=1234379834&do=diff eom_priority scheduling priority for end of message phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest text/html 2010-08-23T10:54:37-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/exit?rev=1282575277&do=diff Most of the time the Exit command is used to close the current command window. Using Exit alone will do this. You can also use the Exit command inside of a batch file to exit a batch file and return an exit code. To do this you need to use Exit with the /B option. The default exit code is 0, but you can use any code you want. text/html 2010-08-23T10:56:41-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/fetching_records_between_two_date_ranges_in_mysql?rev=1282575401&do=diff If you want to get rows between two dates in MySQL you would use a query like the following: SELECT * FROM `sales_date` WHERE date_of_sale BETWEEN ‘2009-01-01′ AND ‘2009-01-21′ The between evaluates to 1 if sales date lines within the range of 2009-01-01 and 2009-01-21. If you wanted to fetch all rows not in the date range you could us NOT BETWEEN text/html 2010-08-23T10:58:06-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/fixing_errors_in_mysql_myisam_tables?rev=1282575486&do=diff Sometimes you can’t fix MyISAM table errors using the Repair table functions. This is where myisamchk comes in. Change directory to the database directory. Stop the MySQL daemon. Use the following command: myisamchk -–recover tablename Restart the MySQL daemon text/html 2010-08-23T10:58:41-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/flash_player_for_your_wiki?rev=1282575521&do=diff Your dokuwiki now has a flash player with it. To add a video to your wiki add the following to your post. ‹flashplayer width=240 height=240›<http://www.myptsmail.com/yourwiki/file>‹/flashplayer› Change the height and width and put in the full pathname to your video. text/html 2008-04-01T06:06:12-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/from-restrict.conf?rev=1207044372&do=diff The from-restrict.conf file allows you to restrict inbound email to user by address. If the users email address is in this file they can only receive email from addresses in the file. Example: # This is the Ptsfilter From Restrict List Configuration File # Add user from restrictions here. With these entries john@mydomain.com # can only receive email from the users listed and no one else. #The first field is the address where you restrict incoming messages. #The second field is an address… text/html 2009-02-11T14:12:05-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/from_priority?rev=1234379525&do=diff from_priority scheduling priority for from phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest. text/html 2010-08-23T11:00:11-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/getip?rev=1282575611&do=diff Create a local DNSBL from email Statistics getip - PTSMail Utilities DNSBL utility: getip is located in /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter. getip will scan the stats file and get all blacklisted ip addresses You can use these IP addresses to create your own local DNSBL example: /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter/getip text/html 2010-08-23T11:00:53-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/greet_pause?rev=1282575653&do=diff FEATURE(`greet_pause’, `3000′)dnl The server delays the initial response x milliseconds. This feature helps prevent “slamming”. Slamming is sending the EHLO/HELO command without waiting for your server’s greeting. It is a common attack to send the EHLO/HELO command without waiting for your server’s greeting. Any server that starts sending traffic before this response receieves an error message. The second option is in milliseconds. text/html 2009-02-11T14:14:26-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/header_priority?rev=1234379666&do=diff header_priority scheduling priority for header phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest. text/html 2009-02-11T14:10:46-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/helo_priority?rev=1234379446&do=diff helo_priority scheduling priority for helo phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest text/html 2010-08-23T11:02:08-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/installing_a_dhcp_server_on_freebsd?rev=1282575728&do=diff To install a DHCP server on freebsd involves the following steps: Install the isc-dhcp3-server package. You can find this in the network packages. Create and edit the dhcpd.conf in /usr/local/etc The file should look something like the following: text/html 2010-08-23T11:02:52-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/installing_natd_in_freebsd?rev=1282575772&do=diff Installing natd in Freebsd involves the following steps. You will need to build a custom kernel with the following two options. options IPFIREWALL options IPDIVERT Add the following to /etc/rc.conf gateway_enable=YES firewall_enable=YES text/html 2007-12-27T16:46:45-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/instant_messenger?rev=1198792005&do=diff Instant Messaging (IM) Ok, so by now we all know about instant messaging (IM), and how easy it makes communicating live with family and friends over great distances without having to worry about the hassle of waiting for the next email. But what all can you really do with Instant Messaging(IM)? Here we will share with you what we know. text/html 2010-08-23T11:27:58-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/intranet?rev=1282577278&do=diff Restricting users email to your intranet only using sendmail and the PTSMail Utilities is as easy as adding their user name to the intranet-list.conf. If the name is in this file they can only send and receive email from your domain. intranet-list.conf text/html 2010-08-23T11:32:58-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/intranet_restrictions?rev=1282577578&do=diff Using the intranet-list.conf and the intranetout option you can restrict your employees or users to sending and receiving email strictly within your company’s mail server. This ensures that email is used for business purposes only and can help both productivity as well as controlling viruses through email. If there is a virus on a workstation you can be alerted which workstation has it. text/html 2010-08-23T11:34:10-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/invoking_sendmail_in_verify_mode?rev=1282577650&do=diff One useful command line option of sendmail is -bv. This option puts sendmail into verify mode; it verifies addresses only, it does not deliver them. This is a good method for validating users or mailing lists. For example, the following invocation: text/html 2010-08-23T11:35:39-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/limits?rev=1282577739&do=diff “limits” shows the current and maximum values for the parameters in the system kernel. command from the command line: limits sample output: These are your current System Limits as reported by getrlimit Current pthread stack size is 1073741824 RLIMIT_AS current is infinite RLIMIT_AS max is infinite RLIMIT_VMEM current is infinite RLIMIT_VMEM max is infinite RLIMIT_SBSIZE current is infinite RLIMIT_SBSIZE max is infinite RLIMIT_STACK current is 134217728 RLIMIT_STACK max is 134217728… text/html 2010-11-06T12:22:01-05:00 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 2010-08-23T11:37:36-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mailbox_quota?rev=1282577856&do=diff You can set quotas on your users mailboxes in the quota-list.conf file. An example is below. It is first come first serve. This allows you to set individual as well as a system default with ALL. # The is the ptsfilter Quota List Configuration File # This file allows you set mailbox quotas # You can add quotas by individual or a quota for everyone using all (ALL) # This will not allow your users mailbox to go above the quota you set # You do not need to set disk quotas as this if fully man… text/html 2010-08-23T11:42:37-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mambo?rev=1282578157&do=diff Mambo is an open source content management system for developing dynamic websites. It is written in PHP.It is designed to help build the website with minimum effort. For MyPTSMail users or PTS Web Hosting this is one of the content management systems available. text/html 2010-08-23T11:44:19-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/max_message_size?rev=1282578259&do=diff define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE’, `3000000′) in your sendmail.mc file This option limits total message size to 3 meg. For heavily loaded systems this option has a tremendous performance impact. The default is unlimited. For more information or support on sendmail call us at 410-838-5100 or email us at experts@expertsinunix.com text/html 2010-08-23T11:47:31-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/message_size?rev=1282578451&do=diff You can restrict email message size in sendmail by individual users or set a default by using the PTSMail Utilities message_size-list.conf file. You can set the size of both incoming and outgoing messages by user as well as setting a default size. text/html 2010-08-23T11:48:44-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/migrating_users?rev=1282578524&do=diff Copy over the following files from the old freebsd system to the new system /etc/master.passwd /etc/passwd /etc/group Then run the following command. /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd Copy all the home directories and email directory to the new system. text/html 2010-08-23T11:50:32-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/missing_screen_saver_tab_in_windows_display_settings?rev=1282578632&do=diff If you are trying to change your screen saver but the tab is missing possibly from a virus you can add it back by doing the following: run regedit Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Look for the DWORD Value “NoDispScrSavPage” with a data value of 1 this will disable the screen saver tab. Change the value to 0 or delete it to see the tab again. text/html 2010-08-23T11:51:19-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mobile_blogging?rev=1282578679&do=diff Mobile Blogging also known as “email blogging” is the capability to post to your blog even when you are not in front of a computer workstation. This is normally accomplished through a cell phone. Most often this is accomplished using email. You simply send a message to a designated email address with the subject being the post name and the message body being the post. You can have it setup to wait for you to activate the post or it can be automatic. MyPTSMail users have the option to do thi… text/html 2010-08-23T11:51:57-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mx_record?rev=1282578717&do=diff MX Record Check (Antispam) If the domain in the from address does not have a MX record in the DNS it is more than likely spam and should be rejected. Some mailing lists DO Not adhere to this. All Domains should have a mail exchanger record. Ptsfilter commands: do_mx_check Turn on MX check for inbound mail For more information on this or any other PTS product or service call us at 410-838-5100. You can visit our web site at PTSMail Utilities or email us experts@expertsinunix.com Skype: pts.s… text/html 2010-08-23T11:55:58-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/my.cnf?rev=1282578958&do=diff For large systems the default my.cnf file is not adequate for mysql performance with the PTSMail Utilities. We recommend the following: If you have multiple mail servers run mysql on a server dedicated to just mysql. If this is not possible run on the mail server receiving the least amount of mail. text/html 2010-08-23T11:56:35-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/myptsmail_support?rev=1282578995&do=diff With your MyPTSMail account you have support not only for MyPTSMail including your wordpress blog,dokuwiki wiki,personal webpage using a content management system (CMS) such as mambo or joomla,email or any other service you are using, but support for your home computer. You have technical support through email as well as over the phone. Do you have question on how to setup your Outlook Express to contact the MyPTSMail server? Contact us. Do you have a question on how to use your blog, call us… text/html 2010-08-23T12:04:12-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/myptsmail_wiki?rev=1282579452&do=diff With your myptsmail account you have the option to take a blog, a wiki or a personal web page. The choice is yours. If you decide to take a wiki you will have the opportunity to create an online dictionary, encyclopedia or whatever else you want. You and your friends or family members can collaborate on what ever you want and share your knowledge with everyone else on the web. Remember you get full phone support if you would like someone to walk you through it. text/html 2010-08-23T12:06:23-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mysql_5.1_not_taking_null_values?rev=1282579583&do=diff MySQL 5.1 Not Taking Null Values: After installing MySQL on my Windows 2003 Server system and successfully creating my database, table and schema, I went to insert my data which included almost all of the datatypes. I found that MySQL had no problem with the string/character data, but it would not handle my NULL integer, date or decimal data. I thought that by default a NULL date would be inserted as “0000-00-00″ and a NULL decimal and integer would both be inserted as “0″. After getting an … text/html 2010-08-23T12:12:02-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mysql_delete?rev=1282579922&do=diff Below is a mysql example of deleting from a table by date. It deletes entires older than 10 days from the PTSMail Utilities statistics table. delete from tblEmailFilter WHERE DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 10 day) > DateEntered; The above delete statement deletes all columns and rows from the tblEmailFiliter table where the DateEntered column is more than 10 days old. text/html 2010-08-23T12:12:41-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mysql_delete_statement_from_two_tables?rev=1282579961&do=diff The following is an example of deleting a row from two tables in MySQL. delete tblEmailFilter,tblmessage from tblEmailFilter,tblmessage where COL010 = ‘j315013M059887′ and msgid = ‘j315013M059887′; The above delete statement deletes the row from both the tblEmailFilter and tblmessage tables where the msgid = j315013M059887. text/html 2010-08-23T12:14:51-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mysql_select?rev=1282580091&do=diff A MySQL select statement to show DNSBL effectiveness in the PTSMail Utilities select RejectReason4,Count(RejectReason3) from tblEmailFilter where RejectReason3 rlike “Rejected Blacklisted IP Address” and DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 5 DAY) <= DateEntered GROUP by RejectReason4; text/html 2010-08-23T12:15:28-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/mysql_utilities?rev=1282580128&do=diff mysql_utilities is a command line utility to setup and maintain your ptsmail database. mysql_utilities is located in /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter. You can use the following arguments with mysql_utilities : -c - Create PTSMail Database -i - Get information for mysql server -u - Update PTSMail Database text/html 2010-08-23T12:16:07-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/open_relay?rev=1282580167&do=diff The check for open relay test in the PTSMail Utilities checks for open relays. If you use option one the check is done at the connection phase. This will write the information to the stats file and reject the connection. This helps with performance. Option 2 checks at recipient phase and writes the information to the stats file but will also save the message if you need to view it or recover it later. text/html 2010-08-23T12:16:43-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/order_by_count?rev=1282580203&do=diff A MySQL select statement using order by count select RejectReason3,count(RejectReason3) as count from tblEmailFilter group by RejectReason3 order by count desc; The above select statement will show you the effectiveness of each anti-spam test you are using in your efforts to fight unwanted email with the PTSMail Utilities . text/html 2010-08-23T12:17:27-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/parse_sendmail_log?rev=1282580247&do=diff The PTSMail Utilities parse_sendmail utility parses your maillog and loads the data into the sendmailinfo table in the ptsmail database. This allows you to do select statements to retrieve information quickly with an sql statement. With a join the the tblmessage table you can also retrieve the message as part of the information you receive back. text/html 2010-08-23T12:18:33-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/performance_tuning?rev=1282580313&do=diff There are several configuration options you may want to change or add to your sendmail.cf file in order to gain optimum performance from sendmail. You may need to tune some kernel options. On FreeBSD and Linux many of these can be done through sysctl. Look at your socket buffer memory settings: On a linux system these are net.core.rmem_max and net.core.wmem_maxs On a FreeBSD system use kern.ipc.maxsockbuf Set your somaxconn parameter. This sets the listen() queue limit. As you tune the … text/html 2010-08-23T12:19:23-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/printing_to_a_windows_shared_printer_with_cups_and_samba?rev=1282580363&do=diff Printing to a windows shared Printer with CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is relatively straight forward. The following was on a FreeBSD system. First you must install both the CUPS and Samba ports. You can do this through the sysinstall utility. text/html 2011-02-23T08:24:08-05:00 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 2009-02-11T13:34:22-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ptsmail_configuration_files?rev=1234377262&do=diff PTSMail Conf Files Here is a list of the conf files that PTSMail Utilities uses to filter out junk mail and viruses: do_check_for_mailserver check_local_user connect_blacklist do_check_for_openrelay connect_openrelay connect_priority discard_bad_addresses text/html 2010-08-23T12:22:49-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ptsmail_effective?rev=1282580569&do=diff Have you wondered just how effective the ptsfilter combats spam and viruses? Visit our Real Time stats page and see statistics for the current day and past 5 days for several of our users. This will show you how they are using the filter and the types of tests they are using. text/html 2009-02-11T12:44:27-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ptsmail_utilities?rev=1234374267&do=diff The PTSMail Utilities are a comprehensive set of Email Utilities for Unix sendmail servers. The utilities include what we consider the best anti spam and virus filter there is. Tests in this filter include domain blacklist, ip blacklists and surbl blacklists. The tests also include spf Sender Policy Framework,regular expressions against the whole message, the body only, headers only and more. Using mysql you get a complete history that you can search with sql queries. Other tests include gr… text/html 2010-08-23T12:23:31-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ptsuser?rev=1282580611&do=diff The ptsuser.cgi utility is part of the PTSMail Utilities. It allows the system administrator to give some control back to the individual user in recovering and retrieving lost emails and emails that have blocked as spam. It also allows the user to set their own email alerts and manage them. They can also have their own exceptions and restrictions. If there is global exception set by the mail server administrator and the user sets an exception they can override that exception for just there m… text/html 2010-08-23T12:24:21-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/recover_lost_email?rev=1282580661&do=diff Using the PTSMail Utilities Web Configurator, you, as the system administrator can look up the lost message, get the message id and append the message to your users mailbox. Want to let your users do it? They can retrieve their messages using the ptsuser.cgi utility. text/html 2010-08-23T12:26:02-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/recovering_lost_email_using_the_ptsmail_utilities?rev=1282580762&do=diff You must be saving the messages using either the message_dir or write_message options. If you recieve many large messages or your mysql server seems to be loaded the recommended option is message_dir. Ptsmail Utilities MUST be running on the pop server. text/html 2010-08-23T12:28:13-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/regex?rev=1282580893&do=diff Using Regular Expressions or regex with the PTSMail Utilities Ptsfilter Single-Character Metacharacters: . Matches any one character. […] Matches any character listed between the brackets. [^…] Matches any character except those listed between the brackets. text/html 2010-08-23T12:29:08-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/regular_expressions?rev=1282580948&do=diff Using the PTSMail Utilities and sendmail you can use regular expressions to block email by IP Address. This not only includes numbers, but country codes, internet service provider and more. The sample file below demonstrates some of your options. text/html 2008-02-22T05:36:56-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/remote_mail_hosting?rev=1203676616&do=diff Remote Mail Hosting Remote Email Hosting: An email service offered by internet service companies which entails the hosting company to manage the mail server and often the DNS of the customer company. This service is often rendered at a cost as a email service, which includes email filtering before final delivery to Inboxes. This service is typically aimed at small and mid sized businesses who are either unable or don't want to manage their own email server. One example of a Remote Email Hos… text/html 2010-08-23T12:35:18-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/repair_table?rev=1282581318&do=diff Repairing a table in Mysql can be done by query as well as the mysqlcheck utility. To repair a table using a query use the following query: repair table tblEmailFilter; The above statement checks the table tblEmailFilter and repairs it if necessary. text/html 2010-08-23T12:36:29-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/repairing_a_mysql_table_with_repair_and_lock_table?rev=1282581389&do=diff When repairing a mysql table you may need to lock it and repair. To do that you need to use the following sequence. From the command line: mysql> use ptsmail Database changed mysql> Lock table BlackList write; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) text/html 2010-08-23T12:37:46-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/resetting_the_root_password_in_mysql?rev=1282581466&do=diff If you have forgotten the root password in MySql or don’t know it you can reset the password by doing the following: Stop the server. On a Unix system use Kill -TERM pidnumber This will flush all tables and logs. Restart the server using the –skip-grant-tables option. This will allow you to connect without a password and with all privileges. text/html 2010-08-23T12:38:20-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/savemail?rev=1282581500&do=diff A savemail panic occurs when a bounced message can not be delivered to the postmaster alias. Make sure your alias file includes the following: MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster postmaster: root For more information or support on sendmail call 410-838-5100 or email us at <experts@expertsinunix.com>. Skype: pts.support text/html 2010-08-23T12:39:18-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/sending_custom_error_messages_with_the_ptsfilter?rev=1282581558&do=diff Sending custom error messages with the PTSFilter is quite simple. For instance say you want to send an error message about being an spf rejection. Do the following: In your ptsfilter.conf add spf_reject_msg~Your message has been rejected for a Sender Policy Framework violation~ text/html 2010-08-23T12:40:06-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/sendmail_and_milter_setup?rev=1282581606&do=diff You will need to download the sendmail source from Sendmail. After downloading the source files untar the source. Change to the source directory and do the following: edit devtools/Site/site.config.m4 and add the following lines: APPENDDEF(`conf_sendmail_ENVDEF', `-DMILTER') text/html 2010-08-23T12:40:45-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/sendmail_authentication?rev=1282581645&do=diff dnsblauthenticate If you are a mail service provider and your users authenticate through sendmail you have probably seen where the IP address that there message originates from is on a blacklist. With the dnsblautheticate option on the message would be exempt from the IP blacklist check. This would prevent checking even if the exemptout option is off. text/html 2010-08-23T12:41:37-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/sendmail_milter?rev=1282581697&do=diff When you configure sendmail’s milter one of the considerations you need to take into account is the type of mail you receive and the amount of time needed to process it. The following provides information on this. TIME OUT FEATURES AND INFORMATION text/html 2010-08-23T12:42:44-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/sendmail_tuning?rev=1282581764&do=diff For more information or technical support by phone on Sendmail Tuning call: 410 838 5100 Sendmail tuning like any system tuning is as much of an art as it a science. Trying to find the root cause of slow performance or mail issues can be difficult. As a matter of fact poor performance of your server as whole would contribute to performance issues with sendmail. That being said you can try some of the following in your sendmail.mc file: text/html 2010-08-23T12:43:35-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/sharing_calendar?rev=1282581815&do=diff You can share your calendar with your friends and family in MyPTSMail by contacting support and requesting that you be added to the group whose calendar you want to share. When this completed you can share the calendar with your friends and family. When you do this you can also share any other resources in the MyPTSMail session. text/html 2010-08-23T12:44:21-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/show_thirdparty?rev=1282581861&do=diff Shows the current version installed and the current version available of the third party software used by PTSMail Utilities. sample output: These are your current versions ——————————- Clamav: ClamAV 0.92/7076/Fri May 9 03:38:02 2008 DCC: 1.3.58 MySql: Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.19, for unknown-freebsd4.4 on i386 Vipul’s Razor: Razor Agents 2.84, protocol version 3 Sendmail: Version 8.14.2 text/html 2010-08-23T12:45:30-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/smd_daemon?rev=1282581930&do=diff The smd daemon monitors the PTSFilter and performs regular maintenance and “house cleaning”. Options: do_refresh : restarts the ptsfilter without performing maintenance. It has one option which is the time in minutes before it restarts the filter. example: do_refresh~10~ : restarts the filter every ten minutes. text/html 2010-08-23T12:46:08-05:00 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) text/html 2010-08-23T12:47:08-05:00 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 2008-02-22T05:41:50-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/start?rev=1203676910&do=diff SPF (Sender Policy Framework) PTSMail Utilities uses the following SPF commands: spfflag - Turns on spf checking for inbound mail spfmydomain - Turns on spf checking for my domains, prevents spoofing of my domain spfauthenticate - Turns off spf checks when user properly auththenticates to sendmail text/html 2010-08-23T12:48:03-05:00 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 2010-08-23T12:50:19-05:00 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 2010-08-23T12:51:13-05:00 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 2008-01-10T12:55:59-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/t?rev=1199987759&do=diff Web Hosting web hosting - to provide hardware and services for storing, maintaining, presenting web sites and a internet connection to those sites. Every website on the internet is hosted or “broadcasted” from a server that is connected to the world wide web. Without hosting, a web page cannot be viewed via internet browser. text/html 2010-08-23T12:52:18-05:00 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 2010-08-23T12:54:12-05:00 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 2010-08-23T12:54:52-05:00 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 2008-03-31T04:47:53-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/to-restrict?rev=1206953273&do=diff Restricting outbound mail using Sendmail and the PTSFilter to-restrict.conf This file contains addresses or domains you do not want your users to be able to send to. Example: # This is the ptsfilter To Restrict List Configuration File # Put email addresses or domains you do not want to your users to be # able to send to. # These are very restrictive. \.mb00\.net expressit\.com return edirectnetwork ombramarketing.com newsletter prontomail \.pm0\.net mailer bulkmail speci… text/html 2009-02-11T14:13:03-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/to_priority?rev=1234379583&do=diff to_priority scheduling priority for to phase of message. 1 lowest 63 highest. text/html 2008-03-08T16:04:56-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/ttt?rev=1205010296&do=diff Greylist GREYLISTING PTSMail Utilities uses the following commands: greylist - Turns on Greylist test greylisttype - Type of greylist test either by IP address,from address and to address or just from address and to address. text/html 2010-08-23T12:56:01-05:00 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 2008-02-21T16:28:09-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/update_third_party_software?rev=1203629289&do=diff Clamav, DCC, Vipul's Razor, Surbl List File, Sendmail, MySql The update_software is located in the /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter directory. The update_software utility will update the following third part software: sendmailSendmail dcc Distributed Check Sum Clearinghouse clamav Clamav Anti Virus razor-agents Vipul's Razor razor-agents-sdk Vipul's Razor mysql MySQL example: /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter/update_software -s clamav -c ”./configure --disable-threads” text/html 2010-08-23T12:57:01-05:00 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 2010-08-23T12:59:10-05:00 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 2008-03-02T13:08:39-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/v?rev=1204481319&do=diff Remote Support Remote support - to offer instruction or technical expertise by phone, email, or access to a server or workstation from another location. This is generally offered by support contract or on a per incident basis. This is generally used to augment staff or expertise not present at that location. text/html 2010-08-23T13:00:56-05:00 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 2010-08-23T13:01:46-05:00 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 2008-02-11T10:15:43-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/web_design?rev=1202742943&do=diff Web Design web design - A term used to describe the process of creating a website on the world wide web. The process includes but is not limited to: determining a purpose for the site such as business or personal, determining how you want the site to achieve its purpose, determining what tools or applications will be included in the website so that it achieves its goals, determining how the information on the site will be arranged, and finally the creative process of making the websites appe… text/html 2008-03-05T07:40:01-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/webconfigurator?rev=1204720801&do=diff The PTSMail utilities webconfigurator is a web server based front end to the PTSMail Utilities. Through it you can modify the PTSMail Utilities configuration files, look at reports, stop or start the filter,modify your sendmail settings and restart sendmail. text/html 2008-02-14T14:13:40-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/webmail?rev=1203016420&do=diff Web Mail Web Mail - web mail is a method of sending and receiving email through a web browser. It is an alternative method to the front end mail clients such as Microsoft Outlook. Some of the benefits of using webmail is that there is no client to configure, and that you can access your email from anywhere that has an internet connection. Some of the draw backs of webmail is that when sending and receiving mail, you are subject to the speed of the network, and you must have internet service… text/html 2008-02-22T06:24:11-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/what_is_imap?rev=1203679451&do=diff MAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. IMAP is a protocol for accessing electronic mail messages on a mail server. A client email program such as Outlook can access remote messages as if they were local. IMAP was originally developed in 1986 at Stanford University. text/html 2010-08-23T13:02:30-05:00 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 2010-08-23T13:03:47-05:00 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 2010-08-23T13:05:00-05:00 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 2008-06-26T06:33:33-05:00 http://www.myptsmail.com/wiki/y?rev=1214476413&do=diff Blog and Blogging Blog - an online diary or a web based personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page. Blogs typically reflect some aspect of the life of the author. Also known as Weblog, Web log. The term weblog was first used in 1997. A blog is a weblog and is also used as verb to meaning to post in a blog. There are different types of blogs including text based blogs, photo blogs,mobile blogs,audio blogs and video blogs.