I am running my sites of a UNIX box with root level access, although a shared machine. I need an experienced freelancer to install SpamAssasin and some type of Statistics/traffic analizer (preferably freeware). Please post:
1. your estimate for the job and wether you work by the hour or flat rate.
2. Your software solution for the second part.
And any other pertinant info you think I should know.

Please post your responses and I'll e-mail you when I have made a decision.

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Neil Cowley - Visual Artist

BTW: the server is an Interland VPS Root package. Right now there are 8-10 domains on ther and I would like the Spam and Traffic software to span the multiple domains. So that will probaby affect what you need to do.

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Neil Cowley - Visual Artist

Hi.
For statistics I dont think there are many better freeware solutions than awstats, you can see it in use showing the stats from the projects sourceforge page here -> http://awstats.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/awstats.pl

Do you have any sort of hosting control panel on the server, cpanel, directadmin etc? What os is the box running, redhat9, RHEL, centos etc?

If you have a cpanel then awstats should be installed, if you have directadmin then there is an awstats plugin that can be installed and each user can install it on their domain with a single click. Spamassassin can be installed from both panels.

If you dont have a control panel then you will have to install it as root and configure it seperately for each domain and everytime you add a domain thereafter.

Let me know what your setup is and I'll let you know what has to be done and how long it would take.

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"I have not failed. I have found 10,000 ways that don't work" - Thomas Edison.
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources" - Albert Einstein.

"any sort of hosting control panel on the server,"

There are some web based controls, a virtual admin page that allows me to install packages and stuff. I also have full access through TELNET - if you give me the command that would output the environment variables that you're looking for I'll post them here. But I don't remember what the command is...

I didn't see AWSTATs in the 'available packages' there so I guess that would need to be added by hand. That looks exactly like what I need.

"if you have directadmin then there is" - Is that something you can install to give me a better web control panel. and then I can handle spam assasin and awstats from there? Either way I figure I can learn to configure it, but I hate installing stuff.

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Neil Cowley - Visual Artist

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FreeBSD

%env
PATH= ~hiden~
MAIL=/var/mail/neil
BLOCKSIZE=K
FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES
USER=neil
LOGNAME=neil
HOME=/usr/home/neil
SHELL=/bin/csh
SSH_CLIENT=24.169.~~~.~~~ 49667 22
SSH_TTY=/dev/ttyp1
TERM=xterm-color
HOSTTYPE=FreeBSD
VENDOR=intel
OSTYPE=FreeBSD
MACHTYPE=i386
SHLVL=1
PWD=/
GROUP=neil
HOST=artwedding.net
REMOTEHOST=24.169.~~~.~~~
PKG_PATH=/usr/ports/packages/All
EDITOR=pico
PAGER=more

Let me know if you need further information.

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Neil Cowley - Visual Artist