From ngourlay at gmail.com  Thu Sep 11 00:19:52 2008
From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:19:52 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] Peninsula features
Message-ID: <2379a820809110019y3f078c81ye5182e2baf205683@mail.gmail.com>

Hi guys

The Peninsula is launching a technology supplement soon, and I'm
looking round for some feature articles. I'd like to have a feature on
Asterisk, the open-source PBX platform. Has anyone got a working
system running here - either at work or home?

I'd also like to hear about applications of open-source in Qatar. The
more esoteric, the better. It's the sort of thing that will go down
well with employers - they get free publicity and a pat on the back
for being so forward-thinking about technology.

--Nigel

From kutch at km33.com  Thu Sep 11 00:52:07 2008
From: kutch at km33.com (Kutch Villasor)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:52:07 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] [List] Peninsula features
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Hi Guy's you think it's a good idea to publish some of our work with
Qatar papers, especially VoIP thing? I remember last time Qatar's news
about the VoIP issue and put some poor Bangladeshi behind bars :(  and
they exaggerate that 'ALL VOIP must not be used in Qatar'

I would be more happy if they publish why 30% of Q-Tel's MPLS line was
down last September 4, 5, and 6  when I do the complain they just say
'Hey there is a problem with your Firewall, and we cannot ping it' ehe?
Yeah I can't complain much as we get un-manage line so I have to
troubleshoot everything and I just found out it was their fault (THEIR
FAULT!!!!) and I give up, not knowing internet was back on 6th of Sept
morning without doing anything from my side, so it confirms that it's
their faul!!!! (poor customer service)

Have a nice weekend.....

Kutch

Cristian N. Bradiceanu wrote:
> Hello Nigel,
> Hello List,
>
> Great to hear about the Peninsula's technology supplement. I'm in
> charge of some Asterisk deployments back home. Also, I am using a lot
> of open-source applications and systems here, in Qatar.
>
> Cristian
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Nigel Gourlay <ngourlay at gmail.com
> <mailto:ngourlay at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi guys
>
>     The Peninsula is launching a technology supplement soon, and I'm
>     looking round for some feature articles. I'd like to have a feature on
>     Asterisk, the open-source PBX platform. Has anyone got a working
>     system running here - either at work or home?
>
>     I'd also like to hear about applications of open-source in Qatar. The
>     more esoteric, the better. It's the sort of thing that will go down
>     well with employers - they get free publicity and a pat on the back
>     for being so forward-thinking about technology.
>
>     --Nigel
>
>
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From ngourlay at gmail.com  Thu Sep 11 04:02:24 2008
From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:02:24 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] [List] Peninsula features
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> Hi Guy's you think it's a good idea to publish some of our work with
> Qatar papers, especially VoIP thing? I remember last time Qatar's news
> about the VoIP issue and put some poor Bangladeshi behind bars :(  and
> they exaggerate that 'ALL VOIP must not be used in Qatar'

I'm just back from a meeting with Qtel, and brought up the subject of
Asterisk. I need to wait until I hear back from them, but I don't
think they're overly bothered about businesses managing their own PBXs
or using Skype. However, they don't like unregistered Internet cafes,
which have been targeted recently.

>From what I hear, there have been some changes within Qtel, and they
have become slightly more sane recently, but others may disagree.

--nigel

From ngourlay at gmail.com  Thu Sep 11 04:13:43 2008
From: ngourlay at gmail.com (Nigel Gourlay)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:13:43 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] [List] Peninsula features
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References: <2379a820809110019y3f078c81ye5182e2baf205683@mail.gmail.com>
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> Great to hear about the Peninsula's technology supplement. I'm in charge of
> some Asterisk deployments back home. Also, I am using a lot of open-source
> applications and systems here, in Qatar.

Good. I could do with a quick tutorial on how to set up a small-office
PBX. The O'Reilly book seems well written, but seeing the kit working
and talking to someone who's set up a few systems is often an better
way to get a good overview.

By the way, how many people here are using SpamAssassin and/or ClamAV?

--nigel

From cristian at bradiceanu.net  Thu Sep 11 00:30:37 2008
From: cristian at bradiceanu.net (Cristian N. Bradiceanu)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:30:37 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] [List] Peninsula features
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References: <2379a820809110019y3f078c81ye5182e2baf205683@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a8e5dc840809110030i1e9c3ad7te8f708f110282284@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Nigel,
Hello List,

Great to hear about the Peninsula's technology supplement. I'm in charge of
some Asterisk deployments back home. Also, I am using a lot of open-source
applications and systems here, in Qatar.

Cristian


On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Nigel Gourlay <ngourlay at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> The Peninsula is launching a technology supplement soon, and I'm
> looking round for some feature articles. I'd like to have a feature on
> Asterisk, the open-source PBX platform. Has anyone got a working
> system running here - either at work or home?
>
> I'd also like to hear about applications of open-source in Qatar. The
> more esoteric, the better. It's the sort of thing that will go down
> well with employers - they get free publicity and a pat on the back
> for being so forward-thinking about technology.
>
> --Nigel
>
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From nabeelmoidu at gmail.com  Sat Sep 13 22:56:59 2008
From: nabeelmoidu at gmail.com (Nabeel Moidu)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:56:59 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] [List] Peninsula features
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Nigel Gourlay <ngourlay at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Great to hear about the Peninsula's technology supplement. I'm in charge
> of
> > some Asterisk deployments back home. Also, I am using a lot of
> open-source
> > applications and systems here, in Qatar.
>
> Good. I could do with a quick tutorial on how to set up a small-office
> PBX. The O'Reilly book seems well written, but seeing the kit working
> and talking to someone who's set up a few systems is often an better
> way to get a good overview.
>

Nigel

Slightly off topic , but still relevant I believe. I've got a system-to-sms
setup working (using both modem and SMPP gateway) and I can write a howto
for that.
The open-source tool used for that is kannel. Would they be interested in
that ?

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Nabeel Moidu
Doha, Qatar
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From nabeelmoidu at gmail.com  Sun Sep 14 00:59:13 2008
From: nabeelmoidu at gmail.com (Nabeel Moidu)
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:59:13 +0300
Subject: [Qatar-pm] [List] Peninsula features
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Nigel Gourlay <ngourlay at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Slightly off topic , but still relevant I believe. I've got a
> system-to-sms
> > setup working (using both modem and SMPP gateway) and I can write a howto
> > for that.
> > The open-source tool used for that is kannel. Would they be interested in
> > that ?
>
> I'm certainly interested, so please post the HOWTO to the list, but
> for the Peninsula the features need to be relevant to a larger
> audience: problems faced by many small businesses or home users that
> can be solved with free software.
>
> Spam and telephony seem like winners.
>

I've had this one on my blog for some time now.
http://nmkuttiady.blogspot.com/2006/12/setting-up-sms-gateway.html
It uses a software called smstools . It can be an easy alternative for any
high cost mobile alert systems etc.We'd used it with Nagios in Red Hat for
system alerts to be messaged to our mobile phones.

For the one with kannel, the write-up is little different, I'll try writing
that and posting it here. It has two modes of operation- one using the GSM
modem and the other using the SMPP gateway from QTel .


> --nigel
>



-- 
Thanks and Regards
Nabeel Moidu
Doha, Qatar
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