Again with the Dingaling

28th July 2005

posted in General |

So, it’s really happened. First, I got someone (thanks a bunch, Auntie A) to watch the kids, and went to a client interview and then a “job” interview. And I’ve been hired by both; I’m working 5-20 hours/week on one site and 25-30 hours as a system administrator for another “client.” And to top it off, I won a (small) Rent-A-Coder bid the same freaking day.

The PHP gigs don’t faze me. I can do those, as soon as I get my bearings, I’ll be spitting out code and doing testing and stuff. But this sysadmin thing? I’ve been in the office 2 hours, I barely know where the servers are, and I’m trying to sleuth out why we keep getting spam piped through our sendmail server. I’m only a little stressed.

It’s great though, I feel busy and productive. And I guess I am !

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1 On July 29th, 2005, Shane said:

I always feel overwhelmed when i start a new job (and I start new jobs all the time as a freelance editor…scary). But, after a few days I find my groove…

2 On August 2nd, 2005, Georgia said:

Congratulations!!

3 On August 4th, 2005, BlueNiner said:

Congrats it’s truely a good day!
As for “keep getting spam piped through our sendmail server” check to see if the service that allows you to be a mail relay is active. Sorry I can work exchange, but not well enough to tell someone else how to do it and with sendmail, well I know enough to be dangerous… I know the problem is around being a mail relay and with UNIX thats typicaly a service you can kill/turn off safely. Hope that helps. If not drop me a note and i’ll connect u to one of my old friends who does know email processing.