NordU2002 - The 4th NordU/USENIX Conference
February 18-22, 2002 in Helsinki, Finland
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Sendmail Configuration and Operation (Updated for Sendmail 8.12) |
The
instructor: Erik Allman
Who should attend:
Systems administrators who want to learn more about the sendmail program,
particularly details of configuration and operational issues (this tutorial
will not cover mail front ends).
Content:
This will be an intense, fast-paced, full-day tutorial intended for people
who have already been exposed to sendmail. This tutorial describes the
latest release of sendmail from Berkeley, version 8.12.
After introducing a bit of the philosophy and history underlying sendmail,
this tutorial covers:
- The basic concepts of configuration: mailers, options, macros, classes,
keyed files (databases), and rewriting rules and rulesets.
- Configuring sendmail using the M4 macro package.
- Day-to-day management issues, including alias and forward files, "special"
recipients (files, programs, and include files), mailing lists, command line
flags, tuning, and security.
- How sendmail interacts with the Domain Name System.
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