[Fot] Tests, and more stuff

[Jason Ostrowski]

That's all great mjb!!!
You have done so well for us over the years!
 No complaints.
Keep us going....
I'm not a tech guy.
Thanks.....A+

Jason Ostrowski
Friendly Ghost Racing
1969 Triumph GT6+ racecars

On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:

> Boy, at least this list is being more civil than recent traffic on the
> Triumphs list!  Sheesh.
>
> Yes, some people are having difficulties receiving all messages directly
> in their inbox.  Some messages are marked as spam, some are just
> discarded outright by their mail system.  I am trying to follow all the
> rules and regulations and RFCs, and keep up with current best practices.
>   It ain't easy!
>
> Some of the problem is that my ISP is Comcast, and some other providers
> are blocking certain blocks of IP addresses, and autox.team.net has an
> IP in the blocked block.  And some providers block this IP address
> explicitly due to various nefarious malware that has snuck onto the
> server over the years, and have not removed the IP address even years
> after the bad guys were tossed out.  And I may have another bad apple,
> some things are just not right on the server, I'm working on that at the
> moment.  It's a never ending battle.
>
> But there is hope for the future.  I may change the domain for the lists
> to lists.team.net, and may or may not change the IP address.  I will
> likely buy a new server, install a current version of Linux on it, with
> higher security levels, and migrate all the lists to Mailman 3, rather
> than try to keep the current ancient, unsupported versions of everything
> working.  I'm running low on baling wire and chewing gum.
>
> The current server has been running for 3 years, well just two weeks
> short of 3 years.  That's quite a long time, many eons in computer years:
>
> [root at autox bin]# uptime
>   16:45:49 up 1081 days, 21:32,  2 users,  load average: 1.20, 0.85, 0.98
> [root at autox bin]#
>
>
> I'm afraid if it ever does go down, it may not come back up again!
>
> So be it known your complaints are not falling on deaf ears, just ones a
> little hard of hearing.  That's actually a reference to the fact that I
> have had "Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral" for over ten years.
> Remember the old saw "deaf in one ear, can't hear out of the other"?
>
> But as long as my health allows, I will continue to soldier on, your
> loyal, overpaid and underworked digital janitor.
>
> mjb.
>
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