When I first set up the junkmail accounts on MacOS X Server, I came across some web pages describing problems that people had been having with it. Details are also given here: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SpamAssassin_on_Mac_OS_X_Server Probably the most visible problem was that the spamassassin configuration file supplied used obsolete keywords, from a previous version. This is /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf. […]
Also tagged mail, unix adminFor a long time I have used crontab for almost all scheduled tasks, with a few diversions into /etc/rc and other such Unix techniques. With Tiger, Apple created launchd, which is intended to unify these, as well as inetd and Apple’s previous (and largely ignored) attempt at the problem, StartupItems. Here are a few pointers […]
Also tagged unix adminAs I write this, I am (still) in the middle of implementing the MacOS X Server blogging tools. I have used everything from TextEdit (formerly Edit.app) to blosxom and even LiveJournal and my own custom content management systems to manage content, so I am understandably nervous about using a system that, judicious reading of the […]
Also tagged unix adminMy current server runs FreeBSD, sendmail, and cyrus IMAP. I experimented with an old (more than 5 years) webmail package, but that hasn’t been in use for some time. It has a procmail mailer of my own devising to handle some primitive spam filtering, but that really doesn’t cut it any more. Moving to MacOS […]
Also tagged mail, unix adminMacOS X has had some strange changes made to it recently. Take vacation, for instance. I believe that the version used by MacOS X came from the sendmail distribution, which is perhaps the reason that it has vanished from recent versions of MacOS X. The net effect is that creating a simple autoreply vacation message […]
Also tagged mail, unix adminThe scenario that I want to support is that of a typical small Internet-aware company. We run several domains, some customer domains acting as a DNS service provider for them, some private vanity domains, and one recording our main servers including our (self managed) mail service. Our ISP provides secondary DNS service and secondary MX […]
Also tagged dns, unix adminStage One. This is building the Mac Minis and arranging to be able to access them for administration and management. The Minis are just normal Macs, right, so you sit down in front of them and start typing… right? Well, no. They are installed (only one of them at the moment) without keyboard, mouse or […]
Also tagged unix adminOur existing server environment is getting old, and with changing requirements, is getting harder to maintain. Time for a change! Starting from the outside in, the router connects to a firewall, which is an old box (an AST) running FreeBSD. Inside that is an Airport, which is used to partition off all the workstations and […]
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