Technology

SASL spam ban script

August 2, 2024

I run my own mail server, and its constantly bombarded with “SASL spam”: failed SASL login attempts. Hundreds a day. So I wrote a little Perl script to look for them in the logs, and … Continue ReadingSASL spam ban script

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Frigate NVR

December 5, 2023

When I first set up Home Assistant I wanted to monitor my thermostat, but after setting up some weather charting it seemed like a natural next step to integrate the cameras also. Unfortunately Zoneminder does … Continue ReadingFrigate NVR

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Home Automation

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023

Like a lot of projects I do, I get most of the way through it before I think about writing anything down. This is no exception, and I covered a lot of ground on this … Continue ReadingHome Automation

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Outlook.com is an open spam relay

September 29, 2023

For whatever reason, email spam has been at an all time high the last month or two. The majority that I am getting is coming directly from outlook.com via fake domains, complete with novel length … Continue ReadingOutlook.com is an open spam relay

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TCL and IRC

March 24, 2023

Maybe I am old school, but I still hang out on IRC; the original social network. I have written some TCL scripts for Eggdrop bots over the years, and have just made massive improvements to … Continue ReadingTCL and IRC

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Internet Music Tuner

March 6, 2023

I rarely sing the praises of consumer items, because most things these days are barely acceptable garbage for the sake of profit. The world of internet capable devices to stream audio to your home stereo … Continue ReadingInternet Music Tuner

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Modern Mailgraph

January 4, 2023

Mailgraph by David Schweikert is a simple mail server graphing tool written in Perl that uses RRD. Because it was written almost 20 years ago it is a CGI script, which has been depreciated for … Continue ReadingModern Mailgraph

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Stardate Pi

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

I have a Pi, but its a version 1B+. It is very slow. I have always thought it would be fun to have it displaying something, and I have a monitor in my little server … Continue ReadingStardate Pi

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Happy New Year

January 2, 2023January 3, 2023

Every year end I spend some time during the holidays cleaning up technical debt. Updating this, rebuilding that, re-configuring other stuff. This year I rebuilt a home server PC that had failed sometime in November. … Continue ReadingHappy New Year

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Hello Fediverse

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022

I think federated social media is the future. It is a shame Big Social deliberately chose to stifle federation or we could have done this years ago.