<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The Linux Electronic Mail Administrator HOWTO: Other sources of information</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Other sources of information</A></H2> <P> <P> <A HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-User-HOWTO.html">http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-User-HOWTO.html</A>. <H2></H2> <H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 USENET </A> </H2> <P> <P>There is nothing special about configuring and running mail software under Linux (any more). Accordingly, you almost certainly do <EM>NOT</EM> want to be posting generic mail-related questions to the comp.os.linux.* newsgroups. <P>Don't post in comp.os.linux hierarchy unless it's really linux specific, for example : "Which options was Debian 1.2 sendmail compiled with ?" or "RedHat 5.0 smail crashes when I run it". <P>Let me repeat that. <P>There is virtually no reason to post anything mail-related in the comp.os.linux hierarchy any more. There are existing newsgroups in the comp.mail.* hierarchy to handle *ALL* your questions. <P><EM>IF YOU POST TO COMP.OS.LINUX.* FOR NON-LINUX-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, YOU ARE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE FOR HELP. THE MAIL EXPERTS HANG OUT IN THE PLACES INDICATED ABOVE AND GENERALLY DO NOT RUN LINUX.</EM> <P><EM>POSTING TO THE LINUX HIERARCHY FOR NON-LINUX-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WASTES YOUR TIME AND EVERYONE ELSE'S AND IT FREQUENTLY DELAYS YOUR GETTING THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.</EM> <P>GOOD PLACES are : <PRE> comp.mail.elm the ELM mail system. comp.mail.mh The Rand Message Handling system. comp.mail.mime Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. comp.mail.misc General discussions about computer mail. comp.mail.multi-media Multimedia Mail. comp.mail.mush The Mail User's Shell (MUSH). comp.mail.sendmail the BSD sendmail agent. comp.mail.smail the smail mail agent. comp.mail.uucp Mail in the uucp environment. </PRE> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Mailing Lists </A> </H2> <P> <P>There are many sendmail, smail and qmail mailing lists. <P>You can find addresses in /usr/doc/the_one_you_have_chosen. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 Other documents from LDP </A> </H2> <P> <P>There is plenty of excellent material provided in the other Linux HOWTO documents and from the Linux DOC project. <P>In particular, you might want to take a look at the following: <P> <UL> <LI>on your own computer in /usr/doc/ :-)</LI> <LI>the Linux Networking Administrators' Guide</LI> <LI>the Mail Users HOWTO</LI> <LI>the Serial Communications HOWTO</LI> <LI>the Ethernet HOWTO</LI> <LI>the UUCP HOWTO if you're fed via UUCP</LI> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 Books </A> </H2> <P> <P>The following is a non-inclusive set of books that will help: <P> <UL> <LI>"<CODE>Managing UUCP and USENET</CODE>" from O'Reilly and Associates is in my opinion the best book out there for figuring out the programs and protocols involved in being a USENET site. </LI> <LI>"<CODE>Unix Communications</CODE>" from The Waite Group contains a nice description of all the pieces (and more) and how they fit together. </LI> <LI>"<CODE>Sendmail</CODE>" from O'Reilly and Associates looks to be the definitive reference on sendmail-v8 and sendmail+IDA. It's a "must have" for anybody hoping to make sense out of sendmail without bleeding in the process. </LI> <LI>"<CODE>The Internet Complete Reference</CODE>" from Osborne is a fine reference book that explains the various services available on Internet and is a great source for information on news, mail and various other Internet resources. </LI> <LI>"<CODE>The Linux Networking Administrators' Guide</CODE>" from Olaf Kirch of the Linux Documentation Project is available on the net and is also published by (at least) O'Reilly and SSC. It makes a fine one-stop shop to learn about everything you ever imagined you'd need to know about Unix networking. <P> </LI> </UL> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>