SquidGuard is a URL redirector used to use blacklists with the proxysoftware Squid. There are two big advantages to squidguard: it is fast and it is free.
Operating System
A nice distro to use for the server is CentOS. It's built upon Redhat Enterprise Linux so it provides a "Redhat" style distro while being stable and well-tested. A more "cutting-edge" distro such as Ubuntu or Fedora aren't stable enough for practical use as a server – too many updates being regularly pushed out.
Installation
The CentOS Guide has installation instructions.
Be sure to install Development Tools and NTP daemon.
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Credits
Various bits of code, scripts, and procedures were put together with information from John Simpson's qmail.jms1.net website. It's an excellent resource on managing and setting up a Qmail server.