Chapter 3: Configuring qmail: The Basics

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Chapter 2, "Installing qmail," provided detailed instructions on how to install qmail. This chapter contains information the mail administrator or system administrator needs to configure qmail.

Overview

This chapter covers the configuration of qmail:

  • First, we'll provide a reference for all of the control files used by qmail. These files reside in /var/qmail/control, and each file sets one configuration setting.

  • Then, we'll cover the topic of relaying, which is when a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) accepts a message via Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and sends it to another MTA, instead of delivering it locally.

  • Next, we'll show how to configure systems with more than one name: either as aliases of their "real" name or as independent virtual domains.

  • Finally, we'll document qmail's alias mechanism and the qmail-users facility, a powerful, table-driven method for assigning aliases to users.



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The Qmail Handbook
The qmail Handbook
ISBN: 1893115402
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 186
Authors: Dave Sill

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