The web server is upgraded to the latest Ubuntu 17.04. There were only a few minor problems, some packages I had to remove and then re-install after the upgrade.
Things seem to be working, but if not please send e-mail support@eskimo.com. Since I was up all night doing this I will be sleeping and not available until late afternoon.
I am going to be taking the ftp and web server down for about 1/2 hour to make a backup prior to updating to Zesty 17.04 version of Ubuntu. Just in case something goes wrong…
goes wrong…
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There is a phishing scam going around that is attempting to get your account information. Do NOT click on it, Do Not answer it or open the attachments, unless you want to have your computer infected.
The scam comes from postmasters@googlepost.com. Please know I will never out of the blue ask your password in e-mail. The only time I would ever do this is if I were already being asked by you to resolve some issue and I needed to login as you to reproduce the problem. It is humorous that they would copyright a phishing scam. They would need to identify themselves to enforce at which point they’d have criminal charges to contend with. I get the impression English is not their first language, or perhaps they are just illiterate.
Please do not respond to e-mails like the following:
Email Termination Notification
Dear Valued User,
Your email with reference no: #0049484, and ID: nanook@eskimo.com will be terminated if validation is not carried out Immediately. To keep up with best security practicies, we’re increasing protective measures to all accounts opened with us for free.
Click Here to Stop Email Termination on ID: nanook@eskimo.com.
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Your incomming and outgoing messages can be hijacked. Secure Email exchange and with security data.
This is not an optional exercise. Your account features is degraded and not up to the current security standard.
Follow the address above to fix your account now.
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Found a reasonable deal on a 128GB memory kit, 2400 Mhz DDR4, and it is on the list of supported memory provided by Asus for that board with the i7-6850k processor so should have no compatibility issues. It is ordered (from NewEgg).
I’ve got the mail server home and it won’t fail now that it is here. Gotta love it.
None the less, I am going to replace the motherboard, CPU, and RAM. I’ve decided to go with none of the options I initially was considering. Intel has a new line of i7 core CPUs known as Broadwell-E. These can address 128GB, twice what the i7-6700k or i7-7700k can address, but unlike the Xeon, they do not require buffered registered memory. And to be fair there are some Xeon’s now that will use ordinary non-ECC non-registered non-buffered memory but they also can only address 128GB, they’re slower than Broadwell, and their memory controller is inferior.
So I’ve ordered an Asus X99-E motherboard, an i7-6850 CPU which is a 6 core CPU capable of 4 Ghz clock in turbo, and per Intel specs only one core at that but not with Asus. With Asus it is possible to have all cores operate at this speed provided adequate cooling is provided.
Still looking for appropriate DDR4 memory but things are coming together.