Chapter 7: Running Sendmail
In This Chapter
Looking at how e-mail works
Installing and starting Sendmail
Basic Sendmail configuration
Blocking spam with SpamAssassin
Reading e-mail with mail and Evolution
Sendmail, which is a standard part of most Linux distributions, is one of the most popular mail server programs on the Internet. You can use Sendmail as an alternative to expensive mail server programs, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, to provide e-mail services for your LAN. This chapter shows you how to set up and use Sendmail on a Linux server.
Spam artists — unscrupulous marketers who clutter the Internet with millions of unsolicited e-mails — are constantly on the prowl for unprotected Sendmail servers, which they can use to launch their spam campaigns. If you don’t protect your server, sooner or later, a spammer will coax your computer into spending almost all its time sending ...
