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Registrar Contact Info
by Jonathan Hutchins 22 May '23

22 May '23

I've had mine published probably since the 90's - since registration got down out of the three figure range and open to everyday people. Sure, I get lots of spam, but I can't see any connection between the contact info and any particular spam. When my registrars have stupidly assumed that they can just default to not publishing it, I haven't seen any drop off. Remember when we started out with modems and dial-up internet? People who had their name and address published in the Phone Book would freak out because someone posted their real name (and phone number!) on the internet. I think it's a lot like that. I know there are circumstances where it can be dangerous to publish contact info for someone responsible for a web site. I still think that it's irresponsible to let just anybody throw up a web site with no direct contact info available without jumping through hoops. What do you have to hide? I think there are links on the web page for an address that should forward to more than one person who could respond to a problem or question, so it probably doesn't provide any advantage for KCLUG. -- Jonathan

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Site Down
by Jonathan Hutchins 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

The web site is showing raw PHP. I'm not sure why, I don't know when, and I don't know how it's _supposed_ to work. Is anybody familiar with the site and available to look at it? -- Jonathan

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Just checking
by Jonathan Hutchins 06 Mar '23

06 Mar '23

Just thought I'd drop a note here and make sure it's still working. -- Jonathan

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Re: Spam
by Jonathan Hutchins 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

On 2023-01-11 07:20, Billy Croan wrote: > What do you suggest? Sorry for the lack of follow-up, it seems like the headers of one set of messages were "suspect". I checked the MTA settings on the server and everything seems to be working fine now. -- Jonathan

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Re: Spam
by Jonathan Hutchins 24 Dec '22

24 Dec '22

On 2022-12-24 12:15, Patrick Denes wrote: > I got this one > It's just quiet? More dead than quiet. Messages from the server to gmail addresses are what's being rejected. I don't think we have many active gmail subscribers, but those might be bouncing. I'm hoping a little bit of traffic here might give us some clues why. -- Jonathan

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Spam
by Jonathan Hutchins 24 Dec '22

24 Dec '22

It looks like kclug.org has been flagged as a spam source by Google, messages are being rejected. -- Jonathan

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Fwd: KC LUG cancellation at Central
by Billy Croan 03 Oct '22

03 Oct '22

KC's Central Library will no longer be open after 7pm. I doubt we want to move our meeting earlier in the day, so we need to find another location. Our current sponsor, Nicole, suggested Plaza Branch <https://kclibrary.org/library-locations/plaza-branch> and I think that's our best bet. It's not available this Wednesday though. So any suggestions? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Nicole Brewer <NicoleBrewer(a)kclibrary.org> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 10:57 AM Subject: KC LUG cancellation at Central To: Billy Croan <Billy(a)croan.org> Hey Billy, Central just changed hours <https://kclibrary.org/blog/library-hours-updating-fall-2022> to close at 7pm and I thought I would be able to keep the KC LUG program going at its normal hours, since it’s a library event, but no luck. We can still have your meetings here, but you would have to be done by 7. The Plaza branch is still open until 9pm if you would like to move there – you would just need a new sponsor. And Trails West, Waldo, Northeast, and Bluford are open until 8pm. I can get you in touch with someone, just let me know! ------------------------------ <https://www.kclibrary.org/> *Nicole Brewer *she/her Customer Services Supervisor Kansas City Public Library <http://kclibrary.org> 816.701.3454 *NicoleBrewer(a)kclibrary.org <NicoleBrewer(a)kclibrary.org>* *Currently reading**: * [image: Husband Material by Alexis Hall] <https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15227990> [image: The Anthropocene Reviewed, written by John Green, read by the author] <https://kclibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S120C2813115> Click on the cover to find a copy!

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Check out the library's GNU+Linux loaner laptops Wednesday
by Billy Croan 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Our next meeting is Wednesday August 3rd at the downtown public library. Library staff will come by early on to tell us about a free event that happens to be going on before our second August meeting with music and free 'mocktails'. So I guess we can give our normal bartender the night off on the 16th. I also heard about free take-home Chrome-book (Linux based) laptops that the library is offering, and I think I might check one out before the meeting this week so we can all take a look at it. I'm curious just how much admin access they grant on the things. They come with their own 4g LTE modems. We shouldn't reinstall them, but can they boot a usb live linux distribution, for example? Can they act as a gateway for a home network? Can you install your own Chrome extensions, and how smoothly do all of your settings/customizations 'just work' when you log in for the first time? We'll pass one around August 3rd and look at what it can do, and if you like it, you can pick up your own downstairs to bring back within 3 weeks. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Nicole Brewer <NicoleBrewer(a)kclibrary.org> Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 2:17 PM Subject: FYI - event before 8/16 meeting To: Billy Croan <Billy(a)croan.org> Hey Billy! I’m going to swing by at the beginning of the meeting this Wednesday to share that we have an event at 5:30pm before your Tuesday 8/16 get together that you all are welcome to. Free music and mocktails! If for some reason I’m not able to make it up there, the event information is below. See you then! https://kclibrary.org/events-activities-calendar/adults/music-mocktails-far… ------------------------------ <https://www.kclibrary.org/> *Nicole Brewer *she/her/hers Customer Services Supervisor Kansas City Public Library <http://kclibrary.org> 816.701.3454 *NicoleBrewer(a)kclibrary.org <NicoleBrewer(a)kclibrary.org>* *Currently reading**: * The Anthropocene Reviewed <https://kclibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S120C2813115> written and read by John Green

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Re: Meetings
by Jonathan Hutchins 14 Jul '22

14 Jul '22

On 2022-07-14 14:36, Patrick Denes wrote: > It seems a lot of groups have moved to discord servers. Is that > something that would be good to move to? I don't know if any of the other "new" media like twitter or tiktok already have a KCLUG presence. My concern with starting something like discord is that it could further fragment the community. We already have physical vs. email vs. irc. -- Jonathan

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Meetings
by Jonathan Hutchins 14 Jul '22

14 Jul '22

Is anybody showing up for the meetings these days? We're still active on ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697 #kclug but there aren't many left. -- Jonathan

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