New version of SpamAssassin released SA 3.0 brings new features like better Bayes filtering and support for SPF and SURBL. Learn about thenew features or just go the main SA website. Also note the new logo! Not quite as cheesy.
An article that helps you create /Network/Library.A quick walk-through of setting this up by Jason Bruder can be found here.
Log Rolling with periodic How to get periodic to keep all of your logs tidy.
Is your iDisk a little poky and just not quite big enough? Build yourself an iDisk locally on your server! Use Backup.app to back up your Mac systems to your own file server. See the detailed Solo .Mac article here. Ed. Note: While the article walks you through doing this on a FreeBSD box, the methodology will help you to do this on your own server.
Server-side Mail processing for Cyrus Enables vacation messages and mail filters with OS X Server 10.3.
One of the things that can make rollout plans go much smoother is automation. Through imaging and scripting I recently cut a rollout from 24 steps to 4! One thing here that can get you is AD binding, as it acts funky when trying to run as a post-restore script or as a startup item.
The MacEnterprise.org (formerly MacOSXLabs.org) group will be presenting a "ADmitMac" WebCast Tuesday, September 21 at 1:00 pm EDT. Paul Nelson, V.P of Engineering at Thursby Software Systems, will be presenting on ADmitMac, a tool that integrates Macintosh machines into Microsoft networks.
Set up your server as a NAT router to do transparent web proxy caching.Update: New URL. Find the new Squid/NAT/IPFW/DNS document here.
If you ordered an X-Server without a video card, but need one here's a down-n-dirty tip: If you have an old B&W PowerMac lying around, swipe the video card from it and use it in the upper slot. It works fine, won't void your warranty and gives you the basic functionality you need to manage the beastie!
Use the security command to access keychains. Read the man page, but usage is pretty easy. It's especially handy when you need to find out your IPSec shared key and you only have an ssh connection.
