Sendmail: Theory and Practice (Second Edition)

Author: Vince
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is an authoritative and accessible guide that comprehensively explains how to use Sendmail, a powerful but notoriously difficult-to-understand software program, to establish and maintain an email system. It is the only professional tutorial on this topic and has been highly praised by the Sendmail community. Sendmail is a program that handles communication traffic exchange and routing calculations for email on UNIX-based networks. Although Sendmail can run on almost all UNIX systems, it is one of the most difficult and poorly documented programs to manage in UNIX systems. This book delves into the working principles of Sendmail and teaches how to manage complex email systems. After reading this book, system administrators and users will understand the architecture of Sendmail and how to design, configure, test, and maintain distributed Sendmail systems. The book covers the latest version of Sendmail installations and focuses on new topics such as spam prevention, relay management, email security, Internet gateway design and configuration, and other emerging issues. This book is an authoritative and accessible guide on Sendmail, suitable for a wide range of computer enthusiasts, especially for system administrators, email administrators, and general computer enthusiasts working with UNIX and UNIX-like networks. For professionals involved in developing, configuring, and maintaining other email systems, this book is also a rare reference.