The qmail Handbook

The qmail Handbook

The qmail Handbook is designed to guide system and mail administrators of all skill levels through the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the qmail server. Author Dave Sill, a longtime qmail user, system administrator, and technical support agent (as well as the author of the popular online tutorial "Life with qmail"), provides you with the practical tools to work with this popular mail server. Sill begins with a discussion of qmails architecture and features, and then delves into a thorough investigation of the installation and configuration processes. You'll learn how to install qmail on several operating systems, and gain valuable insight into proper configuartion, testing procedures, and performance tuning. You'll also learn how to administer users and mail, install filters, and oversee daily qmail operation and maintenance. Throughout, Sill focuses on topics essential to all mail administrators, elaborating on such subjects as configuring mailing list managers, controlling spam, secure networking, scanning for viruses, hosting virtual domains and users, and creating dial-up clients.

qmail is used by hundreds of ISPs and thousands of other sites, including Hotmail since 1997, which has over 30 million users. qmail is popular because of its security, reliability, speed, low memory use, user-controlled mailing lists, straightforward administration, and much more! An Introduction to qmail is designed to guide system and mail administrators of all levels of experience through the installation, configuration, and maintenance of a qmail server. Dave Sill's background as a long-time qmail user, system administrator, and technical support agent gives hm the ability to address a wide audience. He also wrote "Life with qmail", a qmail guide published on the Web. See Sill's book guides the reader through every step of the process in setting up and running a qmail server. Assistance is provided for making the various decisions that must be made throughout the process. Advanced topics such as mailing list managers, controlling spam, mailbox services, secure networking, troubleshooting, and performance tuning, are also covered. Sill also discusses qmail's features, history, and competition.

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Dave Sill is a professional system administrator and technical support engineer with more than 15 years of experience. He's been using qmail since its first public release in 1996, and he's the author of the popular online qmail guide titled "Life with qmail". He's also an active contributor to online qmail support groups, including the qmail mailing list and Usenet newsgroup.

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Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to qmail *
2. Installing qmail *
3. Basic qmail Configuration *
4. Using qmail *
5. Managing qmail *
6. Troubleshooting qmail *
7. Advanced qmail Configuration *
8. Controlling Junk Mail *
9. Managing Mailing Lists *
10. Serving Mailboxes *
11. Hosting Virtual Domains and Users *
12. Understanding Advanced Topics *
13. How qmail Works Appendices A. AcknowledgementsB. Related PackagesC. An Internet Mail PrimerD. ArchitectureE. Infrequently Asked QuestionsF. Error MessagesG. Gotchas.