Pro Open Source Mail

Providing the range of mail-related services expected by organizations can be a confusing, daunting process. Pro Open Source Mail: Building an Enterprise Mail Solution presents a comprehensive guide to managing the most important e-mail services, including user administration, mail transfer agents, remote e-mail access, virus protection, spam and e-mail filtering, web-based e-mail, and mailing list maintenance.

Beginning with installation and configuration of the popular server-based operating system Fedora Core, the book outlines the system and network preparation process geared towards running a complete enterprise e-mail system. Subsequent chapters cover installation and configuration of sendmail, the popular POP3/IMAP server Dovecot, and ClamAV and SpamAssassin for virus protection and spam filtering. With a nod to the global e-mail availability now required by many organizations, this book also guides you through configuration of a web-based mail interface, mailing-list software, and advanced security and privacy topics.

Part I. Preparing Your Infrastructure. - Introductory Mail Server Concepts. - Installing Fedora Core. - Bringing Your Server Live Online and Setting up DNS. - Part II. Sendmail. - Introducing Sendmail. - Configuring Sendmail using M4. - Populating Your Sendmail Databases (aliases, virtusertable, etc.). - Testing Your Installation. - Sendmail Security. - Part III. Remote Client Access to Mail with POP3 and IMAP. - Introduction to POP3 and IMAP. - Downloading and Installing Qpopper and Dovecot. - Securing Remote Client Access with SSL. - Part IV. Webmail. - Downloading and Installing Apache and PHP. - Installing Squirrelmail for Web-based Access. - Advanced Squirrelmail Topics: Calendaring, Contact, and Task Management. - Part V. Filtering Email. - Introducing Mail Filtering. - Writing Your Own Custom Procmail Rules for Specific Filtering. - Part IV. Fighting Email Viruses and Worms. - Using MailScanner and Amavis for Content Filtering. - Using ClamAV to Block Email Viruses and Worms. - Part VII. Fighting SPAM. - Using RBLs to Block SPAM. - Sendmail' s Anti-SPAM Options. - Filtering SPAM. - Introducing SpamAssassin. - Advanced SpamAssassin. - Part VIII. Managing Mailing Lists. - Introducing GNU Mailman. - Creating Your First Public Mailing List. - Mailman Management. - Mailing List Management. - Part IX. Advanced Topics. - Milters? Web Management w/Webmin? - Virtual Domains?