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May I rant for a moment? Pretty please?

​[7:44]
Tenant signs a lease that says no dogs. They move in. 6 months later, “Can we get a dog?” I answer, “No.” Six month later, “Can we get a dog?” I answer, “No.” 8 months later, they get a dog, but don’t tell me or the property manager WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THEM.

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They had been taking the dog out the opposite side of the house from the property manager. Because, right, SHE WOULD NEVER FIND OUT, RIGHT?

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So, a month in, my parents, WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TENANT, notice the dog, mention to the property manager, who goes over and confronts her. Tenant asks if she can keep the dog, it's only temporarily, it’s her dad’s dog. Her dad's sister committed suicide.

Apparently, this is what happens when spammers use your domain for sending out spam, and receiving domains don't, at a minimum, check the SPF records (looking at you, aol.com).

root@mail:/var/mail# postsuper -d ALL deferred
postsuper: Deleted: 114953 messages
root@mail:/var/mail# 

Of course, what I have learned with this, and the 7G of mail log files, is that I need better monitoring of my mail servers. That these 114953 emails had 4 days of delivery attempts and I didn't notice is, well, really not a good thing.

Sigh.

JLF asked me late last year (just now cleaning out my personal inbox), "Do you have any new year's resolutions?"

In a word, "No."

In a long-winded, likely disorganized post, no, I don't have new year's resolutions.

I used to make new year's resolutions. "This year is going to be different!" I'd say, "This year I am going to be exactly the person I want to be!" I'd say. "This year, I'm doing to do these 20 things differently!" I'd say.

I was delusional. My resolutions lasted as long as other people's resolutions, which is to say, maybe a week? Two weeks? Three if I REALLY wanted to do a particular thing I had resolved to do.

I'd do this year after year. Same behaviour. Same failure.