From 13cba3e9d6ba0b7040d63403c9b982076621bd08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Murray Stokely Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:40:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add 21 indexterms From: Usenix (3rd floor) --- .../books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml | 50 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml index 6d2bcf76d5..5b4f20335f 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Synopsis + email + electronic mail Electronic Mail, better known as email, is one of the most widely used forms of communication today. Millions of people use @@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ linkend="bibliography">System Administration books. If you plan on doing anything beyond setting up one mailhost for your network, you need industrial strength help. + DNS Some parts of email configuration are controlled in the Domain Name System (DNS). If you are going to run your own DNS server, be @@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ Using Electronic Mail - + POP + IMAP + There are five major parts involved in an email exchange. They are: the user program, the server daemon, Mailhost Server Daemon + + mail server daemon + sendmail + + + mail server daemon + postfix + + + mail server daemon + qmail + + + mail server daemon + exim + This is usually sendmail (by default with FreeBSD) or one of the other mail server daemons such @@ -98,6 +119,10 @@ Receiving Mail + + email + receiving + Receiving mail for your domain is done by the mail host. It will collect mail sent to you and store it for reading or pickup. @@ -106,6 +131,8 @@ want to read mail directly on the mail host, then a POP or IMAP server is not needed. + POP + IMAP If you want to run a POP or IMAP server, there are two things you need to do: @@ -125,6 +152,7 @@ The Mail Host + mail host The mail host is the name given to a server that is responsible for delivering and receiving mail for your host, and @@ -134,6 +162,10 @@ Troubleshooting + + email + troubleshooting + Here are some frequently asked questions and answers. These have been migrated from the FAQ. @@ -154,6 +186,7 @@ role="fqdn">mumble.bar.edu, instead of just mumble. + BIND Traditionally, this was allowed by BSD BIND resolvers. However the current version of BIND that ships with FreeBSD no longer provides default abbreviations @@ -216,6 +249,7 @@ to /etc/sendmail.cf. + PPP How can I do email with a dial-up PPP host? @@ -226,7 +260,8 @@ to /etc/sendmail.cf. The PPP connection is non-dedicated. There are at least two ways to do this. - + + UUCP The other is to use UUCP. The key is to get a Internet site to provide secondary MX @@ -306,7 +341,11 @@ the DNS for customer.com. Basic Configuration - + + email + configuration + + Out of the box, you should be able to send email to external hosts as long as you have set up /etc/resolv.conf or are running your own @@ -328,6 +367,7 @@ the DNS for customer.com. + SMTP Regardless of which of the above you choose, in order to have mail delivered directly to your host, you must have a permanent (static) IP address (no dynamic PPP dial-up). If you are behind a @@ -336,6 +376,7 @@ the DNS for customer.com. things: + MX record Make sure that the MX record in your DNS points to your host's IP address. @@ -409,6 +450,7 @@ freefall MX 20 who.cdrom.com server so your users can check their mail via POP or directly on the server. + DNS To make life easiest, a user account with the same username should exist on both machines. Use adduser to do this.