[X4U] 2 GB file - Parental control software for Mac?

[Brenda Mitchell]

Sorry, should have mentioned that I made the file that large in order  
to trap as much data as possible. App prefs could be set to generate  
an easily mailed file size. Unfortunately, while I do have some  
excellent computer skills, your little reference is totally beyond  
what I know or really wish to learn. And.... what would those usual  
hours rates be?? Perhaps that conversation needs to be off list?

Has anyone else heard of/worked with Spector Soft, Netopia or any  
other software like this?

Brenda


On Dec 10, 2005, at 2:00 PM, Stroller wrote:

>
> On Dec 10, 2005, at 6:27 pm, Brenda Mitchell wrote:
>>
>> Spector Soft provides "spyware" that will work on OS X, however,  
>> the automatic e-mail reporting features do not work...
>>
>> The software is fully invisible and the data file is kept at "usr/ 
>> local/.spsnaps". Unfortunately, I am not proficient at Unix to be  
>> able to access, use, e-mail, etc. this data file.
>
> It wouldn't be hard to learn how to do this in Unix.
>
> There are plenty of tutorials on the net on setting up Postfix on  
> OS X, then you would only need to set a cron job (`man 5 crontab`)  
> to `uuencode /usr/local/.spsnaps | sendmail address at isp.net`. I'd  
> personally wrap the attachment in MIME headers, but you don't need to.
>
> 2gig is a lot to be emailing on a regular basis, of course, so I  
> don't know if this is really a solution, or whether you could  
> safely delete the datafile. But your issue with Spector Soft is  
> easily worked-around, so shouldn't be an objection (I'll even shell  
> in & do the configuration for you, if you like, at my usual hourly  
> rates).
>
> Stroller.
>
>