sendmail, 4th Edition

By Bryan Costales

Book Overview

A classic O'Reilly title since 1993, sendmail now covers Versions 8.10 through 8.14 of this email routing program, including dozens of new features, options, and macros. This edition also takes a more nuts-and-bolts approach than its predecessors. It includes both an administration handbook and a reference guide that provide you with clear options for installing, configuring and managing sendmail's latest versions and companion programs.

The sendmail program has withstood the test of time because of its ability to solve the mail-routing needs of all sites large or small, complex or simple. But it's also difficult to configure and even more difficult to understand. That's why this book has proven valuable since the dawn of email. With it, you will be able to configure the program to meet any need, so that you never again have to call in a sendmail guru to bail you out.

sendmail includes the following sections: Some Basics is especially useful for people new to the program. It covers the basic concepts underlying mail delivery and the roles sendmail plays in that delivery

Administration covers all aspects of handling sendmail, from downloading and installing new releases to managing mailing lists and aliases

Configuration Reference contains a heavily cross-referenced guide for configuring and tuning sendmail. Every arcane detail of sendmail is listed alphabetically

Appendices contain more detail about sendmail than you may ever need

This edition also includes new material on SSL and AUTH and a new chapter on Mitlers. If you're interested in what has changed since the last edition, one appendix categorizes the many improvements of sendmail's intervening versions by chapter, complete with references to the appropriate sections and page numbers in the book.

With sendmail, system administrators, programmers, network engineers, and even inexperienced users will be able to match this challenging but necessary utility to the needs of their network.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596510292
• ISBN13: 9780596510299
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
• Length: 1308 Pages
• Weight: 3.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 2.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Mandatory

If you take care of Sendmail servers, you should have this book. I've been using this application for almost 10 years, and I still learn new things all the time, and this book is primarily where I get my answers. Highly recommended.

the sendmail bible

If you are a mail admin and don't use this book, you are either doing it wrong or are a genius.Anyone who is serious about sendmail administration and configuration must use this book.sendmail is far to complex to be used w/o a great reference such as this.

A must have for all Sendmail Admin

Without a doubt, this is the best reference book there is on Sendmail. No other books come close.

You Need This!

Excellent update from the 2nd edition. Anyone who administers a Sendmail server needs this "reference" includes SMTP Auth, libMilter etc.I would suggest to the negative reviewers here to stick with a zero configuration solution such as iMail, this isn't a hold your hand setup text, it's reference. Sendmail requires some dedication, the learning curve is steep, but the rewards are great.

Buy the 3rd edition!

BUY THIS BOOK! If you have an earlier edition, throw it away and buy this book! If you looked at earlier editions and decided that they were not for you, forget the past ! Buy this book!The third edition is more than a new edition; it is a complete re-write that vastly improves the sendmail book. The second edition had 38 chapters spread over a 1,000 pages. All of the details were there, but they were so hard to find, the index was the most used section of the book. Not anymore! Despite adding 200 more pages of material, the book has been reduced to 25 logical, organized chapters. Each chapter describes an important function and covers that function in a step-by-step manner.The book is well organized, beautifully written, and a joy to read.