Packetizer Forums: Miscellaneous Topics2020-01-18T02:48:30ZPacketizer Forumshttps://forums.packetizer.com/webmaster@packetizer.comhttps://forums.packetizer.com/feeds/?f=38Copyright (C) 2020 Packetizer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Packetizer ATOM/RSS Feed Generatorhttps://www.packetizer.com/rss/images/packetizer.pnghttps://forums.packetizer.com/images/packetizer_icon.pngpaulejGoogle rejecting mail due to bad domain reputationhttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1423&p=2851#p28512020-01-18T02:48:30Z2020-01-18T02:48:30Z<div>Folks,<br/>
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Packetizer has existed now nearly 20 years. It's hard to believe, but next month marks the 20 year old mark! During those years, we've run Google Adsense ads to help support our community-oriented web site. We've been in touch with folks at Google. We're very much known to Google. They probably know more about us than we do ourselves.<br/>
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Also over those years, we've battled spam endlessly. A large portion of the spam we've received over the years has been sent to us via Google's servers (mostly Gmail abusers). We take that abuse and filter it as best we can. Much of it does get filtered out, but some does still end up in mailboxes.<br/>
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Given our long history with Google and Google's position as one of the biggest spam sources on the Internet, you'd think they might be somewhat forgiving when one of our users screws up. Nope. No such luck.<br/>
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Sadly, one of our users had her email password stolen. Spammers took full advantage of her email account to send at least 38,000 email messages through our mail server over the course of a few hours before it was detected and stopped. Once detected, we immediately addressed the problem. No more spam. We hate spam. But, too late. Google's system decided that, due to that occurrence of spam (at the hands of people flagrantly violating the law), our domain was to be listed as having a bad reputation. Gmail users can still send us spam, of course, but we cannot even reply to individuals using gmail if they have a question.<br/>
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There appears to be absolutely nothing we can do about it, either.<br/>
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And so we've decided that two can play this game. We're just going to block mail from Gmail (and anyone sending through Google's servers) to our support address and selected other addresses since we can't even reply, anyway. After all, it's better to inform senders that they aren't getting a reply than to leave them wondering!<br/>
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It's truly sad when a giant like Google can wield so much power. It's even worse when it's abused.<br/>
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Paul<br/>
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PS - The new <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge"><s>[url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge]</s>Microsoft Edge[/url]</a> browser is out! Go get it.</div>paulejRe: HTTPS on forumhttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=602&p=1858#p18582016-03-06T01:15:11Z2016-03-06T01:15:11Z<div>We have enabled HTTPS via Let's Encrypt. So far, so good!</div>justingRe: HTTPS on forumhttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=602&p=1742#p17422015-11-16T02:10:05Z2015-11-16T02:10:05Z<div>I see. Thanks for the reply. <br/>
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Looking forward to Let's Encrypt's new service!</div>paulejRe: HTTPS on forumhttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=602&p=1741#p17412015-11-15T21:03:23Z2015-11-15T21:03:23Z<div>It's on the to-do list, but hasn't been a high priority due to the public nature of the content on the forums.<br/>
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The biggest issue has just been the cost of a certificate. Yes, there are free certificates out there, but those require more manual effort. And while one can argue that a $6 certificate isn't that expensive, we have lots of domains and sub-domains. It starts to add up after a while.<br/>
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I'm hoping that Let's Encrypt will solve the cost and administration issues.</div>justingHTTPS on forumhttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=602&p=1740#p17402015-11-15T02:51:43Z2015-11-15T02:51:43Z<div>Hello!<br/>
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Really enjoying AESCrypt, and I look forward to meeting the community on here!<br/>
Pure curiousity, will the packetizer forums get HTTPS any time soon? It seems most other packetizer services are HTTPS enabled. It would be a nice feature to have on the fourms as well to protect user login information.<br/>
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Just my suggestion :D And thank you to the community for making a great program like AESCrypt!</div>rodssmithRe: Video Conference traininghttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=11&p=428#p4282011-08-23T06:26:48Z2011-08-23T06:26:48Z<div>Thanks Paul these links relay good for the training purpose .<br/>
:)</div>paulejRe: Open Source Projectshttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=16&p=43#p432009-10-05T23:11:22Z2009-10-05T23:11:22Z<div>I did not get an overwhelming response to the poll to create groups related to open source, but the majority did express a desire to have such a sub-group. Further, I continue to see a lot of questions asking questions on open source projects. So, I think there is a need. As such, I created the sub-category. We will see how it goes, but I hope that people will find it useful. Can you direct people directly to the sub-category with this URL: <a href="http://forums.packetizer.com/viewforum.php?f=45">http://forums.packetizer.com/viewforum.php?f=45</a><br/>
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By all means, feel free to suggest groups that are not listed. I did not list Asterisk, because there is already a vibrant discussion forum for that at <a href="http://forums.digium.com/">http://forums.digium.com/</a>. Should I include a note about that somewhere in that section?</div>paulejSpam and idiotic spam preventionhttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=22&p=39#p392009-09-25T02:03:38Z2009-09-25T02:03:38Z<div>Folks,<br/>
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Earlier today, I tried sending a message to the H.323 Announce list to let everybody know about the potential new work in the H.323 Forum on "Open Community Specifications" (or whatever this might be called). I sent out the message and, little did I know, but our server was blacklisted on UCE PROTECT's mail server (<a href="http://www.packetizer.com/news/23/ip-address-blacklisting-issues/"><s>[url=http://www.packetizer.com/news/23/ip-address-blacklisting-issues/]</s>full details[/url]</a>).<br/>
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Sadly, about 20 subscribers got kicked off the H.323 Announce list, because of this blacklisting problem.<br/>
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If your employer or service provider is using UCE PROTECT, may I suggest you encourage them to stop. I've made every effort to try to reason with those folks, but it appears they're not willing to change their policies.<br/>
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I can only apologize to those who got kicked off the list, but there was absolutely nothing I could do about it.</div>paulejOpen Source Projectshttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=16&p=31#p312009-09-01T03:38:53Z2009-09-01T03:38:53Z<div>I am curious: would people benefit from a sub-forum under the "Product Development and Deployment" section that covers the various open source projects? For example, have a forum that reads "Open Source Projects" and then when you click on that, it would lead you to a set of additional forums, one for each of the various projects folks suggest to add, which might be for things like OpenMCU, H323Plus, GnuGK, Kamailio (formerly OpenSER), etc.<br/>
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Take the poll and/or feel free to post a comment.<br/>
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Paul</div>paulejRe: Video Conference traininghttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=11&p=18#p182009-08-26T01:11:09Z2009-08-26T01:11:09Z<div>Some training courses were offered through Internet2. Here's a link:<br/>
<a href="http://www.internet2.edu/workshops/commons/">http://www.internet2.edu/workshops/commons/</a><br/>
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Nothing is listed as coming up, but perhaps contact the folks via the email link at the bottom to see if something is planned.<br/>
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I also found this site, though I've not personally interacted with these folks:<br/>
<a href="http://www.snt.co.uk/training_courses/Networking/H_323_fundamentals_course.htm">http://www.snt.co.uk/training_courses/Networking/H_323_fundamentals_course.htm</a><br/>
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Paul</div>gell0011Video Conference traininghttps://forums.packetizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=11&p=15#p152009-08-26T00:21:57Z2009-08-26T00:21:57Z<div>Greetings,<br/>
I am aware that the major video conference vendors provide training (and certification), but those courses all have a proprietary component.<br/>
Is anyone aware of training and certification for video conferencing technicians? :?: <br/>
Thanks<br/>
Des</div>