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Sendmail, Third Edition

By Bryan Costales
With Eric Allman
Third Edition December 2002
Pages: 1232 (More details)
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)

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The new edition of sendmail has been completely revised to cover sendmail 8.12--a version with more features and fundamental changes than any previous version of the Unix-based email routing program. Because the latest version of sendmail differs so significantly from earlier versions, a massive rewrite of this best-selling reference was called for. With sendmail, Third Edition in hand, you will be able to configure this challenging but necessary utility for whatever needs your system requires.
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Reliable, flexible, and configurable enough to solve the mail routing needs of any web site, sendmail has withstood the test of time, but has become no less daunting in its complexity. Even the most experienced system administrators have found it challenging to configure and difficult to understand. For help in unraveling its intricacies, sendmail administrators have turned unanimously to one reliable source--the bat book, or sendmail by Bryan Costales and the creator of sendmail, Eric Allman. Now in its third edition, this best-selling reference will help you master the most demanding version of sendmail yet. The new edition of sendmail has been completely revised to cover sendmail 8.12--a version with more features and fundamental changes than any previous version of the Unix-based email routing program. Because the latest version of sendmail differs so significantly from earlier versions, a massive rewrite of this best-selling reference was called for. The book begins by guiding you through the building and installation of sendmail and its companion programs, such as vacation and makemap. These additional programs are pivotal to sendmail's daily operation. Next, you'll cover the day-to-day administration of sendmail. This section includes two entirely new chapters, "Performance Tuning" to help you make mail delivery as efficient as possible, and "Handling Spam" to deal with sendmail's rich anti-spam features. The next section of the book tackles the sendmail configuration file and debugging. And finally, the book wraps up with five appendices that provide more detail about sendmail than you may ever need. Altogether, versions 8.10 through 8.12 include dozens of new features, options, and macros, and this greatly expanded edition thoroughly addresses each, and provides and advance look at sendmail version 8.13 (expected to be released in 2003). With sendmail, Third Edition in hand, you will be able to configure this challenging but necessary utility for whatever needs your system requires. This much anticipated revision is essential reading for sendmail administrators.

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Book details

Title: Sendmail
Third Edition: December 2002
ISBN: 1-56592-839-3
Pages: 1232
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 1 Reviews)

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2002-12-18 18:10:33 Vikas [Reply | View]
This definitely is one of the best books out there.

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"This book is the definitive guide to sendmail. If ever you wanted a single volume that contains all there is to know about sendmail then this is it...Configuration is the strong point of this book...If you're running a complex sendmail installation, possibly influding multiple servers, mailing lists and the rest, you'll find this book invaluable."
--Computer Shopper, May 2004

"This book is rightly considered to be the "bible" when it comes to dealing with Sendmail...This book is an absolute necessity for running Sendmail...There are other books written about Sendmail but this one is by far the best written and most detailed. If it can be done in Sendmail, this book should explain how to do it. If your company runs Sendmail as your MTA, this book should be on your reference shelf."
--Peter Stern, Interior Alaska Windows Networking Technology UG, November 2003

"'sendmail, 3rd Edition' is easily the best reference book for sendmail and configuring the sendmail.cf file. My old copy of the book was moved to storage, and the new copy placed on the bookcase, where I anticipate it will soon become as weathered and worn as the previous edition."--Emmett Dulaney, UnixReview, April 2003
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1357/ur0304e/

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