Reference

The following references are recommended reading for email configuration. Of course, not all references apply to you. Select the ones that apply to the email server that you are using.

Web Resources

http://www.sendmail.org/ This is the Sendmail home page. Here you can find configuration information and FAQs regarding the Sendmail MTA.

http://www.postfix.org/ This is the Postfix home page. If you are using the Postfix MTA, documentation and sample configurations can be found at this site.

http://www.qmail.org/ This is the home page for the Qmail MTA. It contains documentation and links to other resources on Qmail.

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue35/jao.html IMAP on Linux: A Practical Guide. The Internet Mail Access Protocol allows a user to access his email stored on a remote server rather than a local disk.

http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/faqa/RH-postfix-FAQ/book1.html A slightly out-of-date but still very useful HOWTO about setting up Postfix in a Red Hat environment.

http://www.imap.org/about/whatisIMAP.html A page describing what IMAP is.

http://www.rfc-editor.org/ A repository of RFCsRequest for Commentsthat define the technical "rules" of modern computer usage.

http://www.procmail.org/ The Procmail homepage.

http://www.moongroup.com/docs/procmail/ The Procmail FAQ, which includes suggestions for troubleshooting problems. The page also references a page of links that, in turn, reference other link collections as well as tidbits from the Procmail mail list.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Qmail-VMailMgr-Courier-imap-HOWTO.html If you want some help configuring a mail system based on the lesser-used applications, this HOWTO can help.

Books

Sendmail from O'Reilly Publishing. This is the de facto standard guide for everything Sendmail. It is loaded with more than 1,000 pages, which gives you an idea of how complicated Sendmail really is.

Postfix from Sams Publishing. An excellent book that covers the Postfix MTA.

Running Qmail from Sams Publishing. This is similar to the Postfix book from Sams Publishing except that it covers the Qmail MTA.