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Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10 This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.
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The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2010 (KDE)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, pclinuxos •
Comments: 10 The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2010 (KDE) This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2010 desktop (with KDE) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10
Author: Rocky •
Tags: antivirus, ubuntu •
Comments: 54 The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10 This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jeos based server as a spamfilter in Gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA. You will also be able to view your incoming queue, train your SpamSnake and carry out a few more advanced operations via MailWatch.
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Creating Encrypted FTP Backups With duplicity And ftplicity On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: backup, debian •
Comments: 5 Creating Encrypted FTP Backups With duplicity And ftplicity On Debian Lenny When you rent a dedicated server nowadays, almost all providers give you FTP backup space for your server on one of the provider's backup systems. This tutorial shows how you can use duplicity and ftplicity to create encrypted (so that nobody with access to the backup server can read sensitive data in your backups) backups on the provider's remote backup server over FTP. ftplicity is a duplicity wrapper script that allows us to use duplicity without interaction (i.e., you do not have to type in any passwords).
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Installing Speed Dreams 1.4.0 RC1 On Ubuntu 9.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Installing Speed Dreams 1.4.0 RC1 On Ubuntu 9.10 Speed Dreams is is a free, 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop.
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Backing Up With rsync And Managing Previous Versions/History
Author: stefbon • Tags: backup • Comments: 14Backing Up With rsync And Managing Previous Versions/History This howto describes a method doing backups with rsync. This is done before, but this howto is also about managing previous versions, by copying to be changed and deleted items first to a history/version tree.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, ftp, security •
Comments: 2 How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Debian Lenny system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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Using iRedMail And OpenVPN For Virtual Email Hosting And VPN Services (CentOS 5.4)
Author: eddiechen •
Tags: centos •
Comments: 0 Using iRedMail And OpenVPN For Virtual Email Hosting And VPN Services, With Central Authentication Against OpenLDAP (CentOS 5.4) iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual domains and users. This tutorial shows you how to integrate OpenVPN into iredmail's ldap backend on CentOS 5.x, passwords will be stored in ldap and you can change the password though webmail.
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Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, debian, security •
Comments: 2 Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Lenny This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Debian Lenny system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.
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Ubuntu Server 9.04 Bacula Bweb GUI
Author: billis34 •
Tags: backup, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Ubuntu Server 9.04 Bacula Bweb GUI Bweb is a perl based web program that provides a tool to do basic operations and get statistics. It obtains its information from your catalog database and the bconsole program.
