Saturday 04 Jun 2005 06:25
   Andrew Hughes ([35]ahughes from itsdynamic.com)
   Answered by Neil Youngman (ny from youngman.org.uk)

     This is regarding [36]http://linuxgazette.net/105/youngman.html -- Heather

   Good Afternoon Neil. 

   Good morning Andrew

   I am a very novice administrator, who has had a Spam Assassin box thrust at
   me recently. My knowledge is very limited with regards to linux and though I
   have been searching the web I have not been able to find out how to release
   quarantined email. 

   Hmm. Not much information to go on. A SpamAssassin box, eh? I assume we're
   talking about a standard box with a mail server and SpamAssassin?

   Which mailserver are you using? The interface to SpamAssassin can vary
   according to the mailserver in use. What does the part of the configuration
   for SpamAssassin look like?

   Even the Linux distribution could be a clue? Do you know if it was installed
   from your distribution's package manager or built from source to a local
   configuration? If it was installed from the package manager, what packages
   were used? If it was built locally how was it configured?

   I have found the mail, have even been able to discern the contents but not
   been able to figure out how to get it from there back into the queue for it
   to be delivered again. 

   Again not much information. The location you found it in could be a clue.

   I assume that you're working from a command line and not a web interface?

   If you have a moment and could point me in the right direction I would very
   much appreciate it. 

   It's hard to give you much of a pointer without more clues.

   Have you tried googling for SpamAssassin and quarantine? It throws up a lot,
   but I don't have enough information to tell what might be relevant to you.
   It could be narrowed down a lot by adding the name of your mailserver (e.g.
   sendmail or exim).

   I've CCed this to the Answer gang. Answer gang discussions can be published
   in the Gazette, so let us know if that's a problem.

   Please read [37]http://linuxgazette.net/tag/ask-the-gang.html, which should
   give you some idea of what information would be useful to help us answer
   your questions.

   Neil Youngman

     You too, can join the answer gang! Feel free to mail TAG here if you have
     some more suggestions for Andrew to try. -- Heather
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NERO for linux not free

   Wed, 11 May 2005 14:50:00 -0400
   Capt Jasbir Singh Dhillon ([38]captdhillon from glide.net.in)

   Dear Sir, 

   Read your issue for March 2005. Came across the lines 

   Nero,  the  popular Windows CD/DVD burning software, has recently been
   released  for  Linux. NeroLinux is a closed source application, and is
   available free of charge following registration on the Nero website. 

   Followed up and found this is not free. 

   THE FOLLOWING IS PASTED FROM THE SITE
   [39]http://www.nero.com/en/NeroLINUX.html 
                              ...............

   NeroLINUX is FREE of charge if you register:

        A Full Version of Nero Software Version 6.3 or higher

   Retail Version or Downloaded Version

   Please note: This offer is not for OEM or demo version users.

   As an OEM user you can upgrade for a special discount offer if you register
   your product.

                              ...............

   May I suggest you come out with a clarification for your readers. 

   Thanks! We'll be happy to publish this in our Mailbag; hopefully, nobody
   will get tripped up by the original statement.

     According to the review I read in Linux Format yesterday, it isn't any
     good either :) Their verdict was to use K3B. (Or perhaps Gnome Toaster --
     NeroLinux's GUI is based on that, so there's little difference). -- Jimmy