[MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: [Norton AntiSpam]New node in your area

Ryan Abbenhuys sneeze at alphalink.com.au
Tue Apr 21 10:33:27 AEST 2015


And just so everyone is aware of the scope of this,  we're looking at 
potentially over half of the node database being inactive old nodes 
where the user is no longer interested or active.  Now that's really a 
lot of useless noise in a database that's meant to be helping users who 
are actively interested.

This sort of data below really needs to be removed...

1136     JWF     PCO     POINT COOK     interested     2637
1137     JWG     PCO     POINT COOK     interested     2637
1138     JWH     PCO     POINT COOK     interested     2637
1139     JWI     PCO     POINT COOK     interested     2637
1140     JWJ     PCO     POINT COOK     interested     2637
1141     JWK     PCO     POINT COOK     interested     2637
1142     JWS     Green1     CANTERBURY     interested     2637
1143     JWT     Green1     select suburb...interested     2637
1144     JWU     Green2     SORRENTO     interested     2637
1145     JWV     FoxNET     PORTARLINGTON     testing     2637
1146     JWW     FoxNET     PORTARLINGTON     testing     2637
1147     JWX     FoxNET     PORTARLINGTON     testing     2637





On 21/04/2015 10:25 AM, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> It's a fine idea.  As a first pass:
>  - select candidates as above
>  - email the address with a "are you still there?" message
>  - anything that bounces -> cull
>  - anything that doesn't respond within x days -> cull
>
> On 21 April 2015 at 10:12, Ryan Abbenhuys <sneeze at alphalink.com.au 
> <mailto:sneeze at alphalink.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     Can I garner any support for a simple node database cull? Something along the lines of any nodes where the age is greater than 1800 days (approx 5 years) and their status is still only "Interested", "Gathering", or "Testing".
>
>
>     I would think that anyone still at that stage after 5 years has lost interest and the risk of deleting a node still interested is minimal.  In the unlikely case that a node still interested (but hasn't accessed in 5 years?!?) is culled, they can surely recreate a new node listing.
>
>
>     With the node database as it is currently, it really is of little to no value and even gives false hope to those setting up thinking there's other nodes nearby.
>
>
>     I've emailed every node within cooee of my access point and haven't heard boo.  Some internet snooping even shows some of these people have actually moved house and don't even live at their node location anymore!!
>
>     -Ryan
>
>
>
>
>     On 21/04/2015 9:06 AM, James Fysh wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I tried to contact the owner of the KRD node, and it looks like
>>     Optus has re-used the E-mail address for another customer.
>>
>>     Any chance the contact details for this user can be removed from
>>     the Melbourne Wireless database?  No point in annoying someone
>>     who's not interested in Melbourne Wireless (and not even living
>>     in the state of Victoria!).
>>
>>     Regards,
>>
>>     James
>>
>>     P.S. Doesn't the re-use of an e-mail address (which might still
>>     be the recipient of confidential e-mails intended for it's
>>     previous owner) smack of really poor security measures!?
>>
>>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>     From: *MMMagic* <mmmagic at optusnet.com.au
>>     <mailto:mmmagic at optusnet.com.au>>
>>     Date: 19 April 2015 at 06:01
>>     Subject: Re: [Norton AntiSpam]New node in your area
>>     To: James Fysh <james.fysh at gmail.com <mailto:james.fysh at gmail.com>>
>>
>>
>>     Hi James,
>>     Thanks for your prompt reply.  No I've never participated in the
>>     Melbourne Wireless group.
>>     I live in Queensland if that helps.
>>     Thanks for letting the group know.
>>     Cheers
>>     Vanessa
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         *From:* James Fysh <mailto:james.fysh at gmail.com>
>>         *To:* MMMagic <mailto:mmmagic at optusnet.com.au>
>>         *Sent:* Saturday, April 18, 2015 9:23 AM
>>         *Subject:* Re: [Norton AntiSpam]New node in your area
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         Just to confirm - you've definitely not participated in the
>>         Melbourne Wireless group in the past?  I'll let the group
>>         know - hopefully someone from the group can remove your
>>         E-mail address and you wont be bothered any more.
>>
>>
>>         Regards,
>>
>>         James
>>
>>         On 18 April 2015 at 05:35, MMMagic <mmmagic at optusnet.com.au
>>         <mailto:mmmagic at optusnet.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hello
>>             I have been given this email address by Optus.
>>             Please remove from your data base.
>>             Thanks
>>             Cheers
>>             Vanessa
>>
>>             ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Fysh"
>>             <james.fysh at gmail.com <mailto:james.fysh at gmail.com>>
>>             To: <mmmagic at optusnet.com.au
>>             <mailto:mmmagic at optusnet.com.au>>
>>             Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 4:52 AM
>>             Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]New node in your area
>>
>>
>>                 Regarding
>>                 http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/maps/view?KRD :
>>
>>                 I'm about to move onto Bowen Road (node KVW).  Just
>>                 wondering if you were still participating in the
>>                 Melbourne Wireless group?
>>
>>                 If you are interested, our line-of-sight isn't all
>>                 that bad - it wouldn't be the most challenging
>>                 wireless setup (we're .35km apart, apparently), but
>>                 could be a good way to get started.
>>
>>                 Regards,
>>
>>                 James
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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