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Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink, Pro Linux System Administration, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2008-5_12

12. Mail Services

By James Turnbull and Dennis Matotek

Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull2 and Peter Lieverdink3

(1)Footscray, Victoria, Australia

(2)Brooklyn, New York, USA

(3)North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

One of the most common reasons to deploy a Linux host is to provide mail services including receiving and sending e-mail and retrieving e-mail via mechanisms such as Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and Post Office Protocol (POP3). In this chapter, we’ll briefly explain how e-mail works, and we’ll introduce you to the component parts of an e-mail solution, including ...

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