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S

safecat, 439

Samuel, Peter, and qmail-vacation, 437

scalable servers, configuring, 395-401

incoming mail, 397-399

mailbox delivery, 399-400

mailbox service, 400-401

outgoing mail, 396-397

scripts

/var/qmail/rc script, 67

boot script

configuring at installation, 57-58

configuring for mailboxes, 66-68

setup, 45-46

qmailctl as an init.d script, 160

inst_check script, 51

qmail-qsanity script, 191

qmailctl script, 69-71, 159-165

installing, 46

logs and logging and, 165

script functions, 161-165

startup files configuration script, 68-73

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and STARTTLS, 265

security, See also virus scanning

basic features, 12

code and, 6

features, 449-450

modular system architecture and, 6, 16

monolithic MTAs and, 5

MTAs, monolithic, and security, 5

of qmail, 3-6

parsing and, 6

Sendmail and, 3-5, 10-11

setuid() programs and, 4-5

SMTP security, and STARTTLS, 265-269

sending messages, 121-136

qmail-inject injection, 126-133

overriding control files, 130

setting envelope sender addresses, 129-130

setting From fields, 127-129

setting Mail-Followup-To, 133

specifying options, 130-132

qmail-queue injection, 134-136

Sendmail injection, 123-126

SMTP injection, 122-123

sending modules, 425-430

local, 428-429

qmail-send, 425-428

remote, 429-430

Sendmail

complexity of, 8-9

converting Sendmail-style aliases, 245-249

delivering mail, 240-241

dot-forward and, 433

history of, 1, 10-11

linking to rc directories and, 46-47

migration from, 237-249

multiple processes and, 7

process IDs and, 78

security and, 3-5, 10-11

Sendmail injection, 123-126

vs. qmail, 2

sendmail command, and local receiving modules, 419

serialmail, 439-440

<[e-mail]> mailing list, 25

services

configuring system startup files, 73-76

setting up during quick-start, 47-49

stopping all, 51, 79

setlock command, 232

setuid() programs

minimization of with qmail, 449

security and, 4-5

setuidgid, 37

setup features, 12, 449

shells, in MANPATH, 20

signatures defined, 403

simple assignments in qmail users, 117-118

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. See SMTP

single-drive performance, 281

single-recipient delivery. See delivery

size of qmail vs. other MTAs, 8

smart hosts, 233-235

SMTP

activity logging gotcha, 466

authenticated, 114-115

delivery, 14

delivery features, 453

finding information about, 446

injection, 122-123

limitations in mail retrieving, 327

service features, 450-451

services, 13

setting up access control, 49, 76

SSL-wrapped, 269-273

installing Stunnel, 269-271

setting up services, 271-273

talking to local systems via, 183

transparently distributed service, 398-399

troubleshooting SMTP sessions, 207-208

vs. QMTP, 256-257

smtpgreeting control file, 106

smtproutes control file, 107

soft errors, and delivery, 140

softlimit, 37

software. See system software

Solaris

creating run files, 259

id programs and services setup, 48

creating users and groups in, 59-60

SolidPOP, 338-343

installing, 339-342

testing service, 343

source-code, See also building source

downloading for installation, 54-55

installing from, 28-29

modifying, 249-254

frequently used patches, 251-254

installing patches, 250-251

source files. See files

spam, See also junk mail

defined, 285

mandatory control of, 285

SpamBouncer, 293

split, defined, 424

splogger

described, 185-186

understanding logs and, 202-203

spoofing, defined, 112

SQL (Structured Query Language), 402-403

SqWebMail, 440

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), and STARTTLS, 265

SSL-wrapping

IMAP, 362-367

enabling SSL wrapper, 363-364

proxy-wrapping, 364-367

RAM-MD5 authentication, 367-368

wrapping with SSL, 362-367

POP3, 354-358

SMTP, 269-273

installing Stunnel, 269-271

setting up SSL-wrapped services, 271-273

SSLWrap, and POP3, 354

standard C library defined, 6

start function in qmailctl, 161

STARTTLS, installing patch for SMTP security, 265-269

stat function in qmailctl, 201

stop function in qmailctl, 162

Structured Query Language (SQL), 402-403

Stunnel

installing, 269-271

POP3 and, 354, 355

subdirectories

queue, 18

split, 253

subscribing to mailing lists, 304-305

superusers

defined, 5

gotcha, 465

procedure to become, 55

qmail-qread and superuser privileges, 125

supervise service monitor, 37

support for qmail, 23-25

svc service control program, 37

svscan

described, 37

during daemontools installation, 65

svstat, and service status display, 37

swap space defined, 375

symbolic links, under /var/qmail, 33

syncdir, 440

Syslog

advantages and disadvantages of, 36

troubleshooting splogger and, 202-203

system accounts, and compile-time settings, 58

system hardware, tuning, 280-283

system-level controls for junk mail, 287-292

rblsmtpd, 289-292

using badmailfrom, 288-289

system software, tuning, 279-280

System V-based systems

/var/qmail/bin/qmailctl, and system boots, 72-73

init.d script

populating, 46-47

qmailctl script and, 160

systems. See operating systems; system-level controls for junk mail

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