I’m rewriting, as discussed earlier, the ISP in a box documentation. Most effort is currently being put into removing the dependancies from the Server Logistics installation packages. They are very slow in updating their releases and I didn’t like to depend on them in case there is another security issue. The other item I wanted to address was the remarks I got on improving the installation process itself. People suggested if I could provide the configuration files and compilation scripts to prevent some errors and make the whole process a lot easier.
So here is the first public preview of the first pages of the new documentation. it’s not yet ready to be used properly as I only got MySQL and Apache2 covered. PHP is coming before the end of the week. But I wanted to see how you like the new way of documenting. Hope you like it…
Two more remarks:
- I’ve created a page to keep you informed on the funding of the new Intel based Mac mini. Donations and AdSense income are going strong and I think I can order an Intel based Mac mini before the end of the summer. I you want to contribute to this effort as well, use the PayPal button on the right side of the page.
- I don’t like the phrase “ISP in a box” too much but I still can’t think of another one that covers what I’m documenting here. So I wanted to ask you, can you think of a better phrase or slogan ? Or do you think “ISP in a box” is good enough ? Please let me know what you think.
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April 4th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Richard,
When I first started playing mail administrator, way before OS X, there were only a few choices available for OS 9. They broke down into commercial and free catagories. Being with a smaller firm, I opted for the free software. I ran Stalker Software’s SIMS for years, without any problems, on ancient (I mean ancient) machines. The mailing list provided a great support tool, being manned by fellow users that were involved in day to day operations.
Your software documentation effort provides a close parallel to the SIMS project. If you would install phpBB on your server, so that users could exchange advice, you will have duplicated the Stalker environment. (But I don’t know how big the user base is using your project).
Privately, I’ve been refering to the mail server setup as RIMS (Richard’s Internet Mail Server) as a play on words. Oh, and I’m still running it on a older machine, the first of the new world Macs (B/W G3, 10.4.5, 450MHz, 1GB RAM, 80 GB disk)
Jeff