The circle of life

Yesterday was my daughter's second birthday. Of course she loved all the attention and the presents and had a wonderful time. Today, my grandmother passed away after a long life. So, like me, Katie will not remember her great-grandmother, though she'll have a few photos to look back on. The coincidence of timing led me to think about the passing of time and how one generation gives way to the next. I don't think I have any brilliant insights to share here (though it did give me an idea for a future post), so for now, I'll just say farewell to my gram - rest in peace.

Symantec 10.1.6 breaks SMTP

There's been a mysterious problem with users sending mail at work for about a week now and we finally figured out what the heck was happening on Friday. A new version of Symantec Antivirus, version 10.1.6.6010, occasionally manages to block all outbound connectivity from a Windows box to TCP port 25 (SMTP). This appears to be some bug in the feature that scans outgoing email for viruses. This Symantec forum post has a reference to this issue.