[server-admins] [Server-admins] CrossWire Server

[Peter von Kaehne]

Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> Dear CrossWire Server Admins (or potential admins),
> 
> I created this group a while ago as a place for us who have expressed
> willingness to own components on the CrossWire server (or those who are
> really good at admin and I would like to own components on the server)
> to discuss server admin stuff.  If you really would not like to be on
> this list, please unsub in the standard way.

Thanks for subscribing me.

> CrossWire's server configuration currently sucks.

My own experience of running servers is limited to running something
minor in the house, the practice and a virtual webserver.

All run either Debian/Ubuntu or OpenBSD. The main difference - and I
hope I stand on no one's toes with that - Debian (and particularly
Ubuntu) simply works. The basic configurations are sound and the updates
work seamless - that is I run a "apt-get upgrade" and  my mediawiki does
not fail to restart. OpenBSD is a lot harder in its ways, but similarly
I had never any difficulties keeping things running during/after an upgrade.

Now I am not suggesting to re-install, but I think should the need ever
arise, then it would be worth  bearing in mind. I am not sure about te
situation in teh states, but I think over here Debian (or derived) is
the predominant, with the result that most help and most documentation
is available for it.

> There are a number of things which don't work right and I'll list a few
> here and more when I think of them.
> 
> o    when we get mediawiki updates from our occasional yum update, the
> wiki stops working (like right now).

As above.

> o    mailman does not send admins admin notices
> o    mailman constantly unsubs me because of excessive bounces

No comment, I do not know Mailman

> o    to get this new list to actually work, I had to find and fix this
> error in /var/log/exim/main.log

No comment, I do not know Mailman

> o    our smtp server seems to get bogged down with spam or something and
> rejects valid mail.

I suggest graylisting which would reduce the amount of actual spam. I
am not desparately keen to try and run this, but if I were I would for
similar reasons as Jonathan prefer Postfix - because I know it - but
only again at the level of running a mailserver for my own house and for
my practice - with 2 or 3 users each.

Peter