<!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</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>The Linux Electronic Mail Administrator HOWTO</H1> <H2>Guylhem Aznar <CODE><guylhem at metalab.unc.edu></CODE></H2>v3.2, January 2000 <P><HR> <EM>This document describes the setup, care and feeding of Electronic Mail (e-mail) under Linux. It is primarily intended for administrators, rather than users. (See the Mail-User's-HOWTO for information on user issues and user agents.) You need to read this if you plan to communicate locally or to remote sites via electronic mail. You probably do <EM>*not*</EM> need to read this document if don't exchange electronic mail with other users on your system or with other sites.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction, copyright and standard disclaimer</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Email and spamming </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Goals </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 New versions </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.4">1.4 Feedback </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.5">1.5 Copyright </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.6">1.6 Limited warranty </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-2.html">Other sources of information</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Mail User's HOWTO</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 USENET </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Mailing Lists </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 Other documents from LDP </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.5">2.5 Books </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html">How Electronic Mail Works</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Mail between full-time Internet machines</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Notifiers</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Mail to part-time Internet machines</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Remote mail and remote-mail protocols</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 Mailbox formats</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-4.html">Requirements</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Hardware </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-5.html">Choosing a Mail Transport Agent</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 sendmail</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 smail v3.2</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 qmail</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 exim</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-6.html">Installing Transport Software</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Qmail v1.03</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Smail v3.1</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 OUTDATED SECTION: Sendmail+IDA</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 Sendmail 8.x</A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.5">6.5 Local Delivery Agents </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-7.html">User Agent Administration </A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.1">7.1 Mutt </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.2">7.2 Elm </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3">7.3 Mailx </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html">Handling remote mail</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.1">8.1 History </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.2">8.2 Getting mail </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.3">8.3 Sending mail </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.4">8.4 Reading mail </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.5">8.5 Testing </A> <LI><A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.6">8.6 Using </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-9.html">Acknowledgements</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="Mail-Administrator-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>