Comments on: Hotmail Infestation Breaks Email (Updated 5 Dec) http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/ Spam, Security, Privacy, Spyware, Phishing & Viruses from the Front Lines. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mike http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-218 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:25:42 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-218 I still cannot connect to any of the mx servers hotmail has from my comcast address. I'm not getting a 550 error message or anything, it is like I'm firewalled off from them. I still cannot connect to any of the mx servers hotmail has from my comcast address. I’m not getting a 550 error message or anything, it is like I’m firewalled off from them.

]]> by: GP http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-217 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:42:51 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-217 Comcast has gotten onto the Real Time Black Hole list at SORBS.net<br> <br> If Hotmail is using SORBS then the connectivity with Comcast has nothing to do with a problem at Hotmail. Comcast has gotten onto the Real Time Black Hole list at SORBS.net

If Hotmail is using SORBS then the connectivity with Comcast has nothing to do with a problem at Hotmail.

]]> by: Belandrew http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-216 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:18:13 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-216 The main switchover is described here:<br> http://www.securityoffice.net/mssecrets/hotmail.html The main switchover is described here:
http://www.securityoffice.net/mssecrets/hotmail.html

]]> by: weby http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-215 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:03:19 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-215 Well.. They used to run Some variant of BSD Unix before being taken over by Microsoft. After that the switched to windows and there was a nice document on the transition posted with comments on things like needing much more capacity as not even Microsoft knew what services and such could be stripped to acheive a as small as possible ammount of running processes as dependancies were not documented. Well.. They used to run Some variant of BSD Unix before being taken over by Microsoft. After that the switched to windows and there was a nice document on the transition posted with comments on things like needing much more capacity as not even Microsoft knew what services and such could be stripped to acheive a as small as possible ammount of running processes as dependancies were not documented.

]]> by: NoOneYouKnow http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-214 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:52:48 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-214 Hotmail used to be the worlds largest installation of FreeBSD. But that was many years ago. They fully migrated to Windows on their Front End as of about late 2002, and their Back End (which ran on Solaris powered E4500s) was fully migrated to Win2K3 as of late 2004. They actually had quite a few Unix Sys Admins on the team, who either left or were allowed to retrain onto Win2K3. Hotmail used to be the worlds largest installation of FreeBSD. But that was many years ago. They fully migrated to Windows on their Front End as of about late 2002, and their Back End (which ran on Solaris powered E4500s) was fully migrated to Win2K3 as of late 2004. They actually had quite a few Unix Sys Admins on the team, who either left or were allowed to retrain onto Win2K3.

]]> by: Tom http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-213 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:14:33 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-213 Linux is not a fringe player in the server world. Linux is a huge target on the internet. You will have to search elsewhere for excusses for Gates & co. But I do remember reading some years back that hotmail actually does run on some flavor us *nix ironically. <br> Maybe all the mouse clickers are having trouble running them? <br> Who knows. Linux is not a fringe player in the server world. Linux is a huge target on the internet. You will have to search elsewhere for excusses for Gates & co. But I do remember reading some years back that hotmail actually does run on some flavor us *nix ironically.
Maybe all the mouse clickers are having trouble running them?
Who knows.

]]> by: Heyitsme http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-212 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 08:46:42 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-212 Ugh..the old "Linux is better than XP nonsense. When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton said "because that's where the money's at". With a user percentage in the 90's range, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that hackers and other malcontents would target MS products. That doesn't absolve MS. But it certainly explains the patches. Anyone who thinks that ANY OS is perfect or impenetrable is foolish at best. MS has won the battle of the desktop (if there ever was one). If the 'nix offerings were that compelling, MS would be history. Geez, they can't even convince enough people when it's free! That says it all. Stop the dopey jealousy. Enjoy your Linux flavors, and tip your cap to the king. You'll always be known as "fringe players". Case closed. Ugh..the old “Linux is better than XP nonsense. When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton said “because that’s where the money’s at”. With a user percentage in the 90’s range, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that hackers and other malcontents would target MS products. That doesn’t absolve MS. But it certainly explains the patches. Anyone who thinks that ANY OS is perfect or impenetrable is foolish at best. MS has won the battle of the desktop (if there ever was one). If the ‘nix offerings were that compelling, MS would be history. Geez, they can’t even convince enough people when it’s free! That says it all. Stop the dopey jealousy. Enjoy your Linux flavors, and tip your cap to the king. You’ll always be known as “fringe players”. Case closed.

]]> by: mshater http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-211 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:36:19 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-211 Speaking of uptime, I have had Linux systems go way beyond anything Windows is capable of.<br> One went a year and a half without reboot or shutdown. I decided to move to a newer version or it would have kept going.<br> Another went to 400 days and then its uptime clock started over and was still running when I left the company where this was several months later. It would have been even higher but one of the Windows droids I worked with couldn't tell the what the power switch was and shut it off accidently one day.<br> I have NEVER seen Windows even come close to this. High uptimes are normal for Linux. Speaking of uptime, I have had Linux systems go way beyond anything Windows is capable of.
One went a year and a half without reboot or shutdown. I decided to move to a newer version or it would have kept going.
Another went to 400 days and then its uptime clock started over and was still running when I left the company where this was several months later. It would have been even higher but one of the Windows droids I worked with couldn’t tell the what the power switch was and shut it off accidently one day.
I have NEVER seen Windows even come close to this. High uptimes are normal for Linux.

]]> by: whitedog http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-210 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 06:10:37 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-210 ;) 'Uptime' is just not the time from switching pc on in the morning and turning off at night, mismatch of vocabulary within os and dos-worlds ;) ;) ‘Uptime’ is just not the time from switching pc on in the morning and turning off at night, mismatch of vocabulary within os and dos-worlds ;)

]]> by: Norm http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-209 Sat, 03 Dec 2005 05:01:35 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/12/08/email_aaccedjcjd_f/#comment-209 Uptime: 10:10am up 218 days, 2:51, load average: 0.24, 0.04, 0.01<br> Beat that XP lover, how do you manage to apply patches without rebooting? Uptime: 10:10am up 218 days, 2:51, load average: 0.24, 0.04, 0.01
Beat that XP lover, how do you manage to apply patches without rebooting?

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