Postfix: The Definitive Guide
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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
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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
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By Kyle D. Dent
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
Postfix is a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA): software that mail servers use to route email. Postfix is highly respected by experts for its secure design and tremendous reliability. And new users like it because it's so simple to configure. In fact, Postfix has been adopted as the default MTA on Mac OS X. It is also compatible with sendmail, so that existing scripts and programs continue to work seamlessly
after it is installed.
Postfix was written by well-known security expert Wietse Venema, who reviewed this book intensively during its entire development. Author Kyle Dent covers a wide range of Postfix tasks, from virtual hosting to controls for unsolicited commercial email.
While basic configuration of Postfix is easy, every site has unique needs that call for a certain amount of study. This book, with careful background explanations and generous examples, eases readers from the basic configuration to the full power of Postfix. It discusses the Postfix 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.
Topics include:
- 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
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Postfix Review, February 26 2005
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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.
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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
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