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Space Karen Sucks

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/18

https://spacekaren.sucks/

Free speech really should be free. To bypass the new censorship regime at twitter, use this URL shortener to link to Mastodon or other censored destinations

Jack didn’t understand the new rules either:

–jeroen

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Migration from Twitter to Mastodon | ads’ corner

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/11/22

Yet another interesting post (I think it is via [Wayback/Archive] isotopp, but I cannot find the original message any more): [Wayback/Archive] Migration from Twitter to Mastodon | ads’ corner.

–––jeroen

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Some notes on Input Director and alternatives: what about multiple platforms and mixing local plus remote access?

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/07/29

More than 10 years ago, I wrote about 7 screens; 3 computers; 1 keyboard/mouse to direct them all: Input Director and started with

At home, I have 7 screens on 3 computers on the same desk. That sounds like a clutter, but all these keyboards and mice hooked up to them add even more clutter. Until I found out about Input Direct…

In the mean time, I’ve mainly used a Mac with MacOS as a front-end to virtually logon to remote machines using both the internal display and one or two external monitors.

Especially when doing video (think Covid-19 and especially on-line meetings!) in addition to software development work, this is far from ideal.

So here are some things on my list of potential enhancements to this situation:

–jeroen

 

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Editing your Windows hosts file as administrator from a “simple” batch file or PowerShell command

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/07/07

Sometimes you want to edit your Windows hosts file.

Next to that it is not in /etc/hosts, but in %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts., you also have to edit it elevated with an elevated Administrator token (see Source: User Account Control – Wikipedia).

The Windows GUI by default runs without that token, and for a keyboard person like me, doing the mouse clicking elevation can be cumbersome especially combined with the unintuitive path to the hosts file.

Basically the below batch file executes this, but than elevated:

start notepad %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.

So I created a small batch file that does that for me: start notepad as an elevated user opening the correct file.

powershell -command "Start-Process notepad.exe -Verb runas -Args %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts."

I named it edit-hosts-as-administrator.bat, but consider naming it edit-hosts.bat as the elevation is mandatory anyway.

It is based on by blog post Run cmd as elevated user (via: windows – How to run batch file command with elevated permissions? – Super User).

It helped setting up the localghost address explained in my blog post The spookback localghost address to resolve 👻.

That one in turn needed unicode support which I showed last week in Unicode symbols in a batch file – Stack Overflow.

Related:

–jeroen

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Als je 55 jaar of ouder bent: Gemeente Teylingen – Doorstroming woningen | Facebook

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/03/04

Helaas is de belangrijkste beperkende voorwaarde dit:

Ik ben een senior, maar laat geen eengezinswoning van Stek achter. Kan ik wel gebruik maken van voorrang voor senioren?

Wanneer u geen eengezinswoning van Stek of 4 kamerappartement in Noordwijk achterlaat, is het niet mogelijk voorrang te krijgen. Wel kunt u reageren op de woningen die op Huren in Holland Rijnland staan. Mochten er geen kandidaten zijn die via ons seniorenbeleid voorrang krijgen, gaan wij verder met de kandidatenlijst en maakt u dus alsnog kans!

Via [Archive.is] Gemeente Teylingen – Doorstroming woningen | Facebook:

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FD: Hoge Raad opent weg voor massaclaim woekerpolissen

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/13

For my link archive: [Archive] Hoge Raad opent weg voor massaclaim woekerpolissen

–jeroen

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Een “Hyp4” aanduiding bij het Kadaster gaat over eigendom, niet over hyopotheek (daar is “Hyp3”) voor

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/02/04

Ik schrok even toen ik in een uittreksel van het kadaster de aanuiding “Hyp4 2228/40 Leiden” vond: was de hypotheek niet afbetaald?

Toch wel: de aanduiding “Hyp4” gaat over eigendommen, niet over hypotheken. Er was geen “Hyp3” aanduiding bij dit perceel, dus de hypotheek was afbetaald en doorgehaald bij het Kadaster.

–jeroen

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gmail SMTP errors to help clean up your bounces list

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/01/19

From some of the logs:

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 421-4.7.0 [###.###.###.###      15] Our system has detected that this message is
<<< 421-4.7.0 suspicious due to the very low reputation of the sending domain. To
<<< 421-4.7.0 best protect our users from spam, the message has been blocked.
<<< 421-4.7.0 Please visit
<<>> DATA
<<< 550-5.7.1 [###.###.###.###      12] Our system has detected that this message is
<<< 550-5.7.1 likely unsolicited mail. To reduce the amount of spam sent to Gmail,
<<< 550-5.7.1 this message has been blocked. Please visit
<<< 550-5.7.1  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=UnsolicitedMessageError
<<< 550 5.7.1  for more information. c184si14930209pfa.345 - gsmtp
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable

The ###.###.###.### are the outgoing WAN IP addresses of our SMTP server.

Basically filtering on .* Our system has detected that this message is helps clearing up a lot of bounce messages until I’ve found better black-lists.

Related:

  • [Wayback] “421-4.7.0” “Our system has detected that this message is” – Google Search
  • [Wayback] “550-5.7.1” “Our system has detected that this message is” – Google Search
    • [Wayback] How to Remove Your IP from the Gmail Blacklist – rackAID

      1. Why is Gmail Blocking My Emails?
      2. Authenticate Your Email
      3. Follow Gmail’s Best Practices
      4. Submit Gmail Blacklist Removal Form
      5. Waiting on the Gmail Blacklist Removal
      6. Get Removed from Gmail’s Blacklist

      …

      421, “4.4.5”, Server busy, try again later.
      421, “4.7.0”, IP not in whitelist for RCPT domain, closing connection.
      421, “4.7.0”, Our system has detected an unusual rate of unsolicited mail originating from your IP address. To protect our users from spam, mail sent from your IP address has been temporarily blocked. Review our Bulk Senders Guidelines.
      421, “4.7.0”, Temporary System Problem. Try again later.
      421, “4.7.0”, TLS required for RCPT domain, closing connection.
      421, “4.7.0”, Try again later, closing connection. This usually indicates a Denial of Service (DoS) for the SMTP relay at the HELO stage.
      450, “4.2.1” The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail too quickly. Please resend your message at a later time. If the user is able to receive mail at that time, your message will be delivered. For more information, review this article.
      450, “4.2.1”, The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail at a rate that prevents additional messages from being delivered. Please resend your message at a later time. If the user is able to receive mail at that time, your message will be delivered. For more information, review this article.
      450, “4.2.1”, Peak SMTP relay limit exceeded for customer. This is a temporary error. For more information on SMTP relay limits, please contact your administrator or review this article.
      451, “4.3.0”, Mail server temporarily rejected message.
      451, “4.3.0”, Multiple destination domains per transaction is unsupported. Please try again.
      451, “4.4.2”, Timeout – closing connection.
      451, “4.5.0”, SMTP protocol violation, see RFC 2821.
      452, “4.2.2”, The email account that you tried to reach is over quota. Please direct the recipient to this article.
      452, “4.5.3”, Domain policy size per transaction exceeded, please try this recipient in a separate transaction.
      452, “4.5.3”, Your message has too many recipients. For more information regarding Google’s sending limits, review this article.
      454, “4.5.0”, SMTP protocol violation, no commands allowed to pipeline after STARTTLS, see RFC 3207.
      454, “4.7.0”, Cannot authenticate due to temporary system problem. Try again later.
      454, “5.5.1”, STARTTLS may not be repeated.
      501, “5.5.2”, Cannot Decode response.
      501, “5.5.4”, HELO/EHLO argument is invalid, please review this article.
      502, “5.5.1”, Too many unrecognized commands, goodbye.
      502, “5.5.1”, Unimplemented command.
      502, “5.5.1”, Unrecognized command.
      503, “5.5.1”, “EHLO/HELO first.
      503, “5.5.1”, MAIL first.
      503, “5.5.1”, RCPT first.
      503, “5.7.0”, No identity changes permitted.
      504, “5.7.4”, Unrecognized Authentication Type.
      530, “5.5.1”, Authentication Required. Learn more here.
      530, “5.7.0”, Must issue a STARTTLS command first.
      535, “5.5.4”, Optional Argument not permitted for that AUTH mode.
      535, “5.7.1”, Application-specific password required. Learn more here.
      535, “5.7.1”, Please log in with your web browser and then try again. Learn more here.
      535, “5.7.1”, Username and Password not accepted. Learn more here.
      550, “5.1.1”, The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient’s email address for typos or unnecessary spaces. For more information, review this article.
      550, “5.2.1”, The email account that you tried to reach is disabled.
      550, “5.2.1”, The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail at a rate that prevents additional messages from being delivered. For more information, review this article.
      550, “5.4.5”, Daily sending quota exceeded. Learn more here.
      550, “5.4.5”, Daily SMTP relay limit exceeded for user. For more information on SMTP relay sending limits please contact your administrator or review this article.
      550, “5.7.0”, Mail relay denied.
      550, “5.7.0”, Mail Sending denied. This error occurs if the sender account is disabled or not registered within your G Suite domain.
      550, “5.7.1”, Email quota exceeded.
      550, “5.7.1”, Invalid credentials for relay.
      550, “5.7.1”, Our system has detected an unusual rate of unsolicited mail originating from your IP address. To protect our users from spam, mail sent from your IP address has been blocked. Review our Bulk Senders Guidelines.
      550, “5.7.1”, Our system has detected that this message is likely unsolicited mail. To reduce the amount of spam sent to Gmail, this message has been blocked. For more information, review this article.
      550, “5.7.1”, The IP you’re using to send mail is not authorized to send email directly to our servers. Please use the SMTP relay at your service provider instead. For more information, review this article.
      550, “5.7.1”, The user or domain that you are sending to (or from) has a policy that prohibited the mail that you sent. Please contact your domain administrator for further details. For more information, review this article.
      550, “5.7.1”, Unauthenticated email is not accepted from this domain.
      550, “5.7.1”, Daily SMTP relay limit exceeded for customer. For more information on SMTP relay sending limits please contact your administrator or review this article.
      552, “5.2.2”, The email account that you tried to reach is over quota.
      552, “5.2.3”, Your message exceeded Google’s message size limits. Please review our size guidelines.
      553, “5.1.2”, We weren’t able to find the recipient domain. Please check for any spelling errors, and make sure you didn’t enter any spaces, periods, or other punctuation after the recipient’s email address.
      554, “5.6.0”, Mail message is malformed. Not accepted.
      554, “5.6.0”, Message exceeded 50 hops, this may indicate a mail loop.
      554, “5.7.0”, Too Many Unauthenticated commands.
      555, “5.5.2”, Syntax error.

–jeroen

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Het moment om Schiphol te laten krimpen is nu – Follow the Money – Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/01/12

[Wayback/Archive] Het moment om Schiphol te laten krimpen is nu – Follow the Money – Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

Via [Archive] Eric Smit on Twitter: “In Europa zijn boekwerken volgeschreven over de vraag hoe je een groeiende capaciteit tussen luchtvaartmaatschappijen verdeelt, maar is er nooit nagedacht over de consequenties van een afnemende capaciteit … via @ftm_nl” / Twitter

—jeroen

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Covid-19 booster prik vanuit het buitenland reserveren: bel +31851124970

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/28

Via https://twitter.com/locuta/status/1475849029376516098

LET OP: We hebben een telefoonnummer gevonden dat je vanuit het buitenland kunt bellen om een boosterafspraak te maken: +31851124970. Deze lijkt nog wél te werken!
prikdoor

Draadje met extra informatie:

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