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I upgraded my mail server installation of SpamAssassin (SA) to 3.0.4 last night. SA has to be one of the most community-service minded open source applications around. I had been running 2.6.3 previously and just hadn't found need to upgrade it for over a year, partially due to time and partially because with infrastructure like mail, if it ain't broke, I don't fix it.

I've been doing some personal tech support for a neighbor who just received a new Dell Inspiron laptop that I helped him spec out. It's actually been a humbling experience because, outside of family, I've been fairly removed from the "average user" for some time now. Basic Windows stuff like setting up file and printer shares, mapping drives, dealing with Office file compatibility issues and other little things have become concepts I take for granted. I also helped them set up a WPA-SPK encrypted wireless network, which in itself wasn't as impressive as the fact that they could have two separate computers on their broadband connection (Verizon) at the same time. I'm actually quite glad I can offer help on stuff I consider pretty mundane but they greatly appreciate. It's nice to be wanted.

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