Pro Open Source Mail

In organizations of all sizes, 24/7 access to email has become an indispensable part of the enterprise. Yet providing the myriad of mail-related services expected by users these days can be a confusing, often daunting process. Pro Open Source Mail: Building An Enterprise Mail Solution removes the cloak of secrecy often surrounding mail administration by presenting a comprehensive guide to managing the most important services, including user administration, mail transfer agents, virus protection, spam filtering, mail filtering, Web-based mail, and mailing list maintenance. Beginning with installation and configuration of one of the most popular server-based operating systems, the Fedora Core, readers are presented with a detailed overview of the system and network preparation process geared towards running an enterprise mail server. Subsequent chapters are devoted to installing and configuring Sendmail, popular POP3/IMAP servers Qpopper and Dovecot, and a variety of mainstream open source software commonly used for managing not only desired but required features such as virus protection and spam filtering. In a nod to the global mail availability required by today's organizations, readers are also guided through the configuration of a Web-based mail interface and mailing-list software.

Pro Open Source Mail: Building An Enterprise Mail Solution is the first book to cover development and deployment of an enterprise mail server environment Authored by Curtis Smith, a system administrator with more than five years of experience managing mail environments Shows readers how to filter spam using the popular SpamAssassin open source project and how to stop viruses using the MailScanner, Amavis, and ClamAV projects

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Curtis Smith is a professional systems and network administrator residing in Westerville, Ohio. His experience includes designing, building, and maintaining open source e-mail and web solutions for an Internet service provider and the Max M. Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Curtis earned his bachelor's degree from Ohio State, majoring in philosophy. He is active in local community user and volunteer groups, both technical and non-technical. He also enjoys photography, camping, canoeing, and hiking when not stuck indoors behind the keyboard.

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Part I. Preparing Your Infrastructure.- Introductory Mail Server Concepts.- Installing Fedora Core.- Bringing Your Server Live Online and Setting up DNS.- Part II. Sendmail.- Introducing Sendmail.- Configuring Sendmail using M4.- Populating Your Sendmail Databases (aliases, virtusertable, etc.).- Testing Your Installation.- Sendmail Security.- Part III. Remote Client Access to Mail with POP3 and IMAP.- Introduction to POP3 and IMAP.- Downloading and Installing Qpopper and Dovecot.- Securing Remote Client Access with SSL.- Part IV. Webmail.- Downloading and Installing Apache and PHP.- Installing Squirrelmail for Web-based Access.- Advanced Squirrelmail Topics: Calendaring, Contact, and Task Management.- Part V. Filtering Email.- Introducing Mail Filtering.- Writing Your Own Custom Procmail Rules for Specific Filtering.- Part IV. Fighting Email Viruses and Worms.- Using MailScanner and Amavis for Content Filtering.- Using ClamAV to Block Email Viruses and Worms. - Part VII. Fighting SPAM.- Using RBLs to Block SPAM.- Sendmail's Anti-SPAM Options.- Filtering SPAM.- Introducing SpamAssassin.- Advanced SpamAssassin.- Part VIII. Managing Mailing Lists.- Introducing GNU Mailman.- Creating Your First Public Mailing List.- Mailman Management.- Mailing List Management.- Part IX. Advanced Topics.- Milters? Web Management w/Webmin?- Virtual Domains?