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naked_eskimo
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I am thinking of not being banker anymore, or maybe using PayPal. I just looked at my bank statement for April, and I was charged $40.50 in interac transfer fees:
Not liking that at all. Even though I do not take a rake, it seems that my bank is
| Apr 30, 2020 | Branch Transaction E-TRANSFER NETWORK FEE | $40.50 |
Not liking that at all. Even though I do not take a rake, it seems that my bank is
Wow, maybe wrong bank? I setup a no fee account just for poker related transactions.I am thinking of not being banker anymore, or maybe using PayPal. I just looked at my bank statement for April, and I was charged $40.50 in interac transfer fees:
Apr 30, 2020 Branch Transaction E-TRANSFER NETWORK FEE $40.50
Not liking that at all. Even though I do not take a rake, it seems that my bank is
Poker4ever
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I got a domain name and got it set up with aws fine. What's everybody using or how to set up the ssl for pro version? Sorry noob here. Thanks for input
naked_eskimo
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I followed the information on how to setup a certificate from the poker mavens site:
http://www.briggsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1387&sid=4d2cdd7cc8c639dca6212c74920e794c
http://www.briggsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1387&sid=4d2cdd7cc8c639dca6212c74920e794c
LotsOfChips
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LotsOfChips
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Is it a business account or personal? Personal accounts are normally free, business accounts have transfer fees.
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LotsOfChips
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naked_eskimo
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It's a personal account. Looking at the fine print for my account it looks like e-transfers are free to receive and a $1.50 to send, and this is separate from any other fees. My usual fees are waived monthly if I maintain a certain balance, but that does not seem to apply to interac transfers.
LotsOfChips
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Chequing or savings? TD is free to send for the former, counts as a regular transaction fee for savings (which usually has a fee beyond 1 transaction/month)
naked_eskimo
Two Pair
Chequing. It must just be CIBC
naked_eskimo
Two Pair
After seeing my fee charges yesterday, I suggested to my friend, who is a remote admin on my site and plays way more than I do, that he check his bank statement too. He was charged $210 in fees for April.
OP
OP
Has anyone put together a step by step installation guide for Poker Mavens + patching + security add-ons/considerations/patches, etc.? If so, I would appreciate a PM. Thx
P.S. Plan is to buy the Pro version, test it for a week or two, and of need be, upgrade to the gold version...but looks like for our need (one or two tables for a bunch of friends playing a home game), the Pro version should suffice.
P.S. Plan is to buy the Pro version, test it for a week or two, and of need be, upgrade to the gold version...but looks like for our need (one or two tables for a bunch of friends playing a home game), the Pro version should suffice.
LotsOfChips
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I was shocked to find my account also had a fee of $27.50. It turns out the first 25 withdrawals are free, $1.25 per after that. Upgrading to unlimited account today!
LotsOfChips
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There are no patches to apply - just download and install the latest version. Future patches are the same - just download and install the newer version (stop PM server first), all existing games and settings are retained.
Best advice for setup - go to the online manual (or F1) and just read the comments for each configuration item one by one. Also this thread has a ton of setup tips, although it requires you to wade through the previous 21 pages.
If you are only 1 or 2 tables and you want to test it before committing, maybe start with Lite ($40), which is single table. If you like it, upgrade to Pro ($150), which will give you the second table. No need for Gold ($500), the added features are such that you will likely never use or need them.
naked_eskimo
Two Pair
If you are planning on using poker mavens on a hosted vps, then there are some security things you may want to consider:
Run something like rdpdefender or rdpguard. rdpdefender is free, rdpguard costs $80. They both do mostly the same thing, but rdpguard has a couple of features that make it stand out from rdpdefender
Disable the default administrator account and create a new one. (you will need to uninstall/reinstall poker mavens if you have already installed it under the administrator account since the program uses the installing user local path for the data folder)
Use strong passwords always
Change the listening port for rdp from 3389 to something else of your choice.
Monitor some of the event logs for rdp specific events (failed logon, etc)
If you have a Pro license and your own domain, then use a TLS certificate. They are cheap to buy and easy to setup.
If your hosting provider offers vps snapshots, then take one every now and then. I also like to backup my data folder to something like One Drive or Google Drive. That will maintain all of your user accounts and configured games for easy migration to another install. The data folder is very small. Mine is 36 MB
While I do host my poker mavens on a vps (with ohv right now--great prices, but horrible, horrible customer service), I also maintain a virtual server on my home infrastructure that I keep current with my cloud server. If there is ever an issue with the cloud server all I need to do is copy my data folder from One Drive over to my virtual server at home, then change the A record in my dns settings at my domain provider, and I'm good to go and up and running on a different server in less than ten minutes. I realize this might not be something everyone is interested in, but I work in IT, so this stuff is easy and fun for me.
Run something like rdpdefender or rdpguard. rdpdefender is free, rdpguard costs $80. They both do mostly the same thing, but rdpguard has a couple of features that make it stand out from rdpdefender
Disable the default administrator account and create a new one. (you will need to uninstall/reinstall poker mavens if you have already installed it under the administrator account since the program uses the installing user local path for the data folder)
Use strong passwords always
Change the listening port for rdp from 3389 to something else of your choice.
Monitor some of the event logs for rdp specific events (failed logon, etc)
If you have a Pro license and your own domain, then use a TLS certificate. They are cheap to buy and easy to setup.
If your hosting provider offers vps snapshots, then take one every now and then. I also like to backup my data folder to something like One Drive or Google Drive. That will maintain all of your user accounts and configured games for easy migration to another install. The data folder is very small. Mine is 36 MB
While I do host my poker mavens on a vps (with ohv right now--great prices, but horrible, horrible customer service), I also maintain a virtual server on my home infrastructure that I keep current with my cloud server. If there is ever an issue with the cloud server all I need to do is copy my data folder from One Drive over to my virtual server at home, then change the A record in my dns settings at my domain provider, and I'm good to go and up and running on a different server in less than ten minutes. I realize this might not be something everyone is interested in, but I work in IT, so this stuff is easy and fun for me.
naked_eskimo
Two Pair
Default mavens ports are fine. But rdp is widely known to listen on TCP 3389, so it's always being probed by hackers and bots.
MrCatPants
Full House
Question for the Mavens folks out there - is there anyway to reset an account's password, other than turning on the password reset by email feature? I'm having a bear of a time trying to get the email function to work.
Are you trying to use a gmail account for account verification? I had to turn on 2 step verification in gmail to get it to work.
MrCatPants
Full House
yes, I was. I'll try that. How do you have your smtp settings set up?
Shot you a PM!
LotsOfChips
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Highlight the account, click edit, change the password, send the new password to the user, tell them to change it as soon as they log in.
MrCatPants
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Even though it's a password hash? That works?
naked_eskimo
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If you run poker mavens out of your home, you probably don't need to bother with any rdp protection software (unless you expose remote desktop to the internet from your home). The rdp protection stuff is for cloud hosted virtual servers where you need rdp open to the internet so that you can connect to your server.
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naked_eskimo
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Yes
MrCatPants
Full House
Confirmed - ty!
LotsOfChips
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You're welcome
Me also.
naked_eskimo
Two Pair
What issue are you having with the email based password recovery? It's a bit odd, but the way it works is the user requests the validation code and once received, the user will then enter the validation code and what they want for a new password at the same time. Then if the validation code is good, that password will be their new password.
Or is the email function itself not working?
For smtp setup, mine looks like this:
Host server: smtp.gmail.com
Host port: 465
username: you@gmail.com
password: yourpassword
From address: you@gmail.com
Secure connection: Yes
Or is the email function itself not working?
For smtp setup, mine looks like this:
Host server: smtp.gmail.com
Host port: 465
username: you@gmail.com
password: yourpassword
From address: you@gmail.com
Secure connection: Yes
MrCatPants
Full House
It was the email function itself. I'm going to try to straighten this out today.
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