Postfix: The Definitive Guide - Kyle D. Dent

Postfix is a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) used by mail servers to route email. It is highly respected for its secure design and reliability, making it popular among both experts and new users due to its simplicity in configuration. Postfix is the default MTA on Mac OS X and is compatible with sendmail, ensuring seamless functionality with existing scripts and programs after installation.

Written by security expert Wietse Venema, Postfix: The Definitive Guide by Kyle Dent covers a wide range of Postfix tasks, from basic configuration to advanced features such as virtual hosting, controls for unsolicited commercial email, and interfaces to various tools for scalability and security, including POP, IMAP, LDAP, MySQL, SASL, and TLS.

This comprehensive guide includes topics such as:

• Basic installation and configuration
• DNS configuration for email
• Working with POP/IMAP servers
• Hosting multiple domains (virtual hosting)
• Mailing lists
• Handling unsolicited email (spam blocking)
• Security through SASL and TLS

From compiling and installing Postfix to troubleshooting, Postfix: The Definitive Guide serves as a valuable tutorial and reference for system administrators and anyone dealing with Postfix.

Author: Dent, Kyle D.
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Postfix: The Definitive Guide
Pages: 00280 (Unencrypted )
On Sale: 2009-10-06
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780596002121
Category: Computers : System Administration - Email Administration
Category: Computers : Networking - General