This is the second IRLP node I created. The hardware for this node consisted of a Advantech PCM-4823L single board computer (SBC). This board was powered by an AMD 5×86 processor running at a blazing 133MHz. Most common PC interfaces were included, the notable exception was the lack of video support. The SIMM memory slot was filled with 32MB. Network connectivity was provided by an onboard NE2000 compatible 10base-T ethernet interface. A riser card that converted the PC/104 bus to two ISA slots was installed. This riser would hold the sound card and a temporary video card. (more…)

Way back when there was a time when my mail was handled by sendmail, procmail and UW-imapd. I came up with a procmail recipe that would lookup sender ip addresses in various DNSBL services.
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