Running Q-Mail

by Blum, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780672319457
• ISBN10: 0672319454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Running qmail will enable you to install and operate an Internet email server on your local network without having to buy an expensive commercial email system and pay for user licenses. This book includes on CD the qmail email software package, which is in wide use on the Internet without any books documenting how to install, configure, and operate the email server effectively. There are step-by-step examples detailing the installation and configuration of qmail along with reference based chapters pertaining to qmail features. The FreeBSD operating system will be utilized to demonstrate concepts throughout the book. After reading this book, network administrators will possess a good understanding of how email is transferred between email hosts and clients in the Internet environment. You will also possess knowledge of how to use the qmail email software package in a standard Unix/Linux environment.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Email Services, qmail, and Networking
Email Services	7	(18)
qmail Services	25	(22)
Server Requirements for qmail	47	(24)
DNS and qmail	71	(34)
SMTP and qmail	105	(32)
Part II Installing and Configuring qmail
Installing qmail	137	(24)
Changing qmail Operational Parameters	161	(26)
Using qmail	187	(26)
Using the Maildir Mailbox Format	213	(26)
The ucspi-tcp Program	239	(28)
Using qmail as an ISP Mail Server	267	(22)
Using qmail as an Office Mail Server	289	(28)
qmail Server Administration	317	(28)
Migrating from Sendmail to qmail	345	(22)
Part III Advanced qmail Topics
Supporting Mail Lists	367	(24)
The Daemontool Utilities	391	(24)
Installing and Configuring POP3 and IMAP Servers	415	(28)
Configuring a PPP Server	443	(26)
Supporting Dial-In Clients	469	(34)
Index	503