back back up exec

Backup Exec server is running once again, all HP drives this time around and I moved the Seagate drives to another server chassis in which I built another Redhat server on so I can test and see if they will blow up on me.  I am getting pretty efficient at installing Win 2k3 server at this point, which is not something you want to brag about when you are a sysadmin who’s focus is supposed to be Linux.  I must admit though it is nice having one Windows desktop in the mix of servers.

Email annoys me, spammers annoy me and the people that block spam annoy me.  In order to block spam there are things which are actually legit via RFCs and email standards but because it possibly could be exploited you can be put on a spam list.  Big companies out there will decide to flag you with the evil moniker of spammer based on their own perception of their company wants the rules to be.  There was actually a company at one point that marked us as a spammer and the only way to get off that list was to contact the list maintainer and pay them a $1000/hr consultancy fee to figure out why they had decided we were spammers.  Eventually this list maintainer fell to the wayside and people stopped using their list, but it was a commonly referenced blacklist for a long time. Email is something we really probably need to allocate a person to specifically handle or stop delivering them entirely, I suppose there are people out there that would take it over for us for some sort of revenue sharing opportunity.  I cringe every time I hear revenue share though, I think this really translates to two companies not wanting to fully invest in something and spread their risk, if it’s successful it then falls to disrepair is both side feel cheated about not getting the full bite or if it’s unsuccessful nobody wants to pull the plug on it.  Of course that’s not always the case but it does seem to work out that way often.

Sounds like grub is on, time to refuel.