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The FreeBSD Documentation Project
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml,v 1.33 2001/08/15 20:14:40 logo Exp $
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$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml,v 1.34 2001/08/16 18:35:05 chern Exp $
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<chapter id="mail">
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<indexterm><primary>electronic mail</primary></indexterm>
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<para>Electronic Mail, better known as email, is one of the most
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widely used forms of communication today. Millions of people use
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email every day, and chances are if you are reading this online,
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you fall into that category and probably even have more than one
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email address.</para>
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widely used forms of communication today. This chapter provides
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a basic introduction to running a mail server on FreeBSD.
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However, it is not a complete reference and in fact many
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important considerations are omitted. For more complete
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coverage of the subject, the reader is referred to the many
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excellent books listed in <xref linkend="bibliography">.</para>
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<para>Electronic Mail configuration is the subject of many <link
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linkend="bibliography">System Administration</link> books. If you
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plan on doing anything beyond setting up one mailhost for your
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network, you need industrial strength help.</para>
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<indexterm><primary>DNS</primary></indexterm>
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<para>After reading this chapter you will know:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>What software components are involved in sending
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and receiving electronic mail.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Where basic <application>sendmail</application>
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configuration files are located in FreeBSD.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>How to block spammers from illegally using your
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mail server as a relay.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>How to troubleshoot common mail server
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problems.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Some parts of email configuration are controlled in the Domain
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Name System (DNS). If you are going to run your own DNS server, be
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sure to read through the files in <filename>/etc/namedb</filename>
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and <command>man -k named</command>.</para>
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<para>Before reading this chapter you should:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Properly setup your network connection (<xref
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linkend="advanced-networking">).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Properly setup the DNS information for your mail
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host (<xref linkend="advanced-networking">).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Know how to install additional third-party
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software (<xref linkend="ports">).</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="mail-using">
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<title>Using Electronic Mail</title>
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<indexterm><primary>POP</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>IMAP</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm><primary>DNS</primary></indexterm>
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<para>There are five major parts involved in an email exchange. They
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are: <link linkend="mail-mua">the user program</link>, <link
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