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This book is aimed at anyone interested in running qmail, from the rank amateur (newbie) who just installed Linux on a spare computer all the way up to the experienced system administrator or mail administrator.

However, installing, configuring, and maintaining a mailer is a complex task. If you're not an experienced system administrator, you probably shouldn't attempt to switch an existing mail system with thousands of users to qmail until you're comfortable with using and managing Unix systems.

If you're a complete Unix/Linux newbie, you should start with a good introduction to Unix for users such as The Unix Operating System by Kaare Christian. While you're reading that book, experiment on your own system. Until you actually do the tasks you've read about, you won't really understand what you're doing and you'll probably forget most of it before you really need it.

If you're an experienced Unix/Linux user, but you're not familiar with system administration, many good books are available. The best is probably Unix System Administration Handbook by Nemeth, et al., which covers most of the common Unix variants, including Solaris, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, and FreeBSD. If possible, select one specific to the variant of Unix or Linux that you'll be using. Although all flavors of Unix look pretty similar to users, they differ substantially in the details of system administration.



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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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