By Kyle D. Dent
First Edition
December 2003
Pages: 278
ISBN 10: 0-596-00212-2 |
ISBN 13: 9780596002121
(Average of 2 Customer Reviews)
Postfix: The Definitive Guide eases readers from the basic configuration to the full power of Postfix. It discusses the interfaces to various tools that round out a fully scalable and highly secure email system. These tools include POP, IMAP, LDAP, MySQL, Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL), and Transport Layer Security (TLS, an upgrade of SSL). A reference section for Postfix configuration parameters and an installation guide are included.
Full Description
- Basic installation and configuration
- DNS configuration for email
- Working with POP/IMAP servers
- Hosting multiple domains (virtual hosting)
- Mailing lists
- Handling unsolicited email (spam blocking)
- Security through SASL and TLS
Cover | Table of Contents | Colophon
Featured customer reviews
Postfix Review, February 26 2005
I found this book to be helpful, but also vague at times. This book is an okay resource in helping you setup your mail server, but if it's your first time setting one up you'll still have some problems with the book, as I did.
Postfix: The Definitive Guide Review, February 13 2004
COOL
Media reviews
"'Postfix: The Definitive Guide' is a beautifully written book about a beautifully designed program. Kyle Dent's writing is precise and concise without being too dense to read...In summary, I like this book a lot. I am tempted to buy anything else Dent writes, sight unseen...I intend to keep this book within reach and to use Postfix on any system I administer."
--Jeffrey Taylor, Linux Journal, June 2004
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7618&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
"'Postfix: The Definitive Guide' is the best reference for all Postfix administrators, whatever flavor of Unix they use:
-Its accuracy is high. Postfix creator Wietse Venema reviewed the book carefully and to good effect;
-The prose is clear and thoughtful; and
-It explains the most important Postfix concepts and procedures.
For now and perhaps through at least the end of 2004, though, it's the book every Postfix administrator should have by his or her side."
--Cameron Laird, Unix Review, June 2004
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=9181/ur0406f/
"['Postfix: The Definitive Guide'] is a well-written and well-constructed guide to mail systems in general and Postfix in particular...This is an excellent book, Dent has explained the underlying methodology and use of Postfix well, taken the reader through all aspects of this MTA system and explained both the why and the how. I would recommend this book (and, as a result Postfix) to anyone looking for an MTA and a guide to configuring and running it."
--Tony Williams, Slashdot.org, February 2004
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/19/1910224
