Adventures in F,O, X, & 0

I've had some fun with this... Rather than the "simple appliance" that we really wanted, we've ended up with all the joys and pains of Linux/Postfix/Amavisd/Spamassassin - but adding MySQL/Apache/Maia, and PHPMyAdmin and Webmin. Fun. Had some real fun when I flooded the system by: (a) turning off connection-stage blacklisting and, (b) cranking amavisd logging. Massive backlog of queued mail... then crashed due to filling the disk! Panicy attempt to mount in some more disk space before I found the d**n amavids log lurking in some dumb place. Well, I learnt a few things :-)

It's interesting to think back to the promise of past apps ..... then see why Wave is so much better Open, Free, Cross-platform. It just makes sense. I remember being very impressed with the MOSS Sharepoint when it came out, but then it was ruined by the typical layers of licensing bullshit, bizarre cost models and lack of cross-platform OS/browser support. Rubbish. Looking forward to bring able to install a Wave server asap....