Newbies and Experts Alike Will Appreciate This Ultimate qmail Resource Introducing The qmail Handbook from Apress

Comprehensive guide to qmail from Apress will serve as a comprehensive guide to this popular mail transfer agent.

Berkeley, CA-November 5, 2001-Apress announces the release of The qmail Handbook by Dave Sill. In this comprehensive guide to the popular mail transfer agent for UNIX-like operating systems, readers are exposed to a thorough synopsis of qmails history, architecture, and features before delving into an investigation of the installation and configuration process. Readers will also learn how to administer users and mail, install filters, and oversee daily qmail operation and maintenance. Sill focuses on topics essential to all mail administrators, elaborating upon such subjects as configuring mailing list managers, controlling spam, building a secure network, scanning for viruses, hosting virtual domains and users, and creating dial-up clients.

Highlights from this title include the following:

·Learn to install, configure, and maintain the increasingly popular mail transfer agent qmail
·Find out how to manage mailing lists, control spam, configure mailbox services, and more
·Author Dave Sill is the creator of the popular online qmail guide, www.lifewithqmail.org

qmail is a drop-in replacement for the Sendmail system provided with UNIX operating systems. qmail uses the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to exchange messages with MTAs on other systems. Author Dave Sill confirms that Several high traffic servers such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Ohio State University, USWest.net, PayPal, and Critical Path already use qmail, with the list continuing to grow on a monthly basis." This long-anticipated resource will guide system and mail administrators of all skill levels through installing, configuring, and maintaining the qmail server. The qmail Handbook is the ultimate resource for administrators and developers needing to master the functionality of the powerful qmail server.

About the Book
The qmail Handbook
Dave Sill
ISBN: 1-893115-40-2
$34.95 US / 492 p.

About the Author
Dave Sill is a professional system administrator and technical support engineer with more than 15 years of professional experience. Hes been using qmail since its first public release in 1996 and holds the title of system administrator/author of the popular online tutorial Life with qmail" (www.lifewithqmail.org), which exposes readers to all practical aspects of working with qmail. Hes also an active contributor to online qmail support groups, including the qmail mailing list and Usenet newsgroup.

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About Apress
Apress, located in Berkeley, CA, is a fast-growing, innovative publishing company devoted to meeting the needs of existing and potential programming professionals. Simply put, the A" in Apress stands for the authors press" and its books have the experts voice. Its unique approach to publishing grew out of conversations between its founders, Dan Appleman and Gary Cornell, authors of numerous best-selling, highly regarded books for programming professionals. In 1998, they set out to create a publishing company that emphasized quality above all else. Gary and Dans vision has resulted in the publication of over 40 titles by leading software professionals, all of which have The Experts Voice.