Postfix 1st Edition

by Richard Blum (Author)

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This book will offer broad coverage to instruct both the large ISP and the small business network administrator on how to install and configure a full featured Internet email system with a minimum amount of expense. This is possible using the Linux Operating System which supplies all of the necessary server software, the Postfix email software package, and Public Domain client email software on the client PC's. This book also includes educational information that can be used by network administrators in using Postfix to connect an office email server to an ISP. The Postfix email software package is in widely used on the Internet without any books documenting how to install, configure, and operate the email server. This book will provide all the information needed to run Postfix effectively and efficiently.

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Without requiring its administrators to understand the complexities that are characteristic of Sendmail, Postfix offers electronic mail services reliably and with considerable configurability. The program is pretty easy to set up and get going, so it's possible for Postfix, Richard Blum's commendable book about the mail server, to do a good job of explaining installation and have room left over for lots of advanced hints and tricks. This book will serve well on the bookshelf of anyone who's decided to base mail services on Postfix. It also makes a good read for those weighing, in advance of deployment, the relative merits of multiple Unix mail programs.

Most administrators will appreciate Blum's attention to detail--it's rare for him to mention a process or procedure and not also present a listing or example as an illustration of what he's talking about. Sections on the messages that go back and forth during Post Office Protocol (POP) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) sessions are informative, and listings of configuration files clarify what you have to do to get the functionality you want. Some administrators may find a few sections to be written at a level too basic for someone installing Postfix, but at the end of the day, most readers will agree that it's better to assume too little in a technical book than to assume too much. --David Wall

Topics covered: Installing and configuring Postfix, adjusting it to deal with peculiar local circumstances, and getting it to interact with other pieces of Unix software without sacrificing reliability or security. Particularly interesting sections have to do with migrating from Sendmail to Postfix, integrating OpenLDAP with Postfix, and tying Postfix to databases.

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Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Sams Publishing; 1 edition (May 25, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672321149
ISBN-13: 978-0672321146
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
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- #887 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Unix
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A Very Good Resource for Postfix and SMTP in General

Byradiotaleson March 5, 2003

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I don't understand the negative review stating that book is 50 percent installing RedHat. I couldn't even find RedHat in the index. There are about twenty pages that address Unix and Linux.
I needed to set up a mailserver and have very little experience in this area. This book gave me the information I needed, in plain English, to get up and running for my particular application.
Additionally there is a great deal of information on other aspects of running a mail server.
There is also information on setting up Postfix with webmail programs, using it with MySql, ldap, imap, pop3, and much more.
What helped me the most were the details on how all this stuff works. The book did not assume I was a Linux guru (as many books do) but was not condescending, either.
This book has chapters that might seem too basic for the professional IT that simply wants specific information on Postfix. But for the rest of us, I highly recommend it.

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A logical layout of the subject with advanced topics

ByA customeron June 5, 2001

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Part I is a quick introduction to the basics of email and postfix. This part can probably be skipped by many intermediate to advanced readers interested in Postfix. But nonetheless, provides a good introduction to those without a comprehensive understanding of email protocols and the basics of postfix.
Part II of the book covers Postfix in detail and is well layed out in a logical manner. Starting with the configuration of the 'master' process, Blum then progressively explains the configuration of the Postfix system and its various features. Part II ends with more practical example configurations, administration and troubleshooting tips and a Sendmail to Postfix migration chapter. Part II alone, would be a good book to have.
Part III covers advanced topics such as using MySQL or OpenLDAP maps and ends with a short chapter on performance tuning. The chapters in this part are brief and would not constitute the definitive source for advanced features of Postfix. However, they serve as a quick-n-dirty guide useful enough to help you get started with advanced features of Postfix.
Overall, a good book to have if you've always wanted a handy resource for Postfix without having to read the online documentation or search through the list archives. The book is also up-to-date, covering the first so-called "stable" release (20010228).

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don't wast your time or money

ByA customeron November 8, 2003

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After reading the reviews I thought I'd give this book a try. I had an immediate need to set up a postfix email server with virtual hosts that would check their email via POP3. I've learned nothing from this book that I couldn't have gotten from the online documentation and it is an insult to any Linux administrator. I'm still at the same point I was before getting this book. Same issues, no insights into how to fix it. It doesn't even cover setting up POP3 access for virtual hosts.
If you think this book will give you an easier read than the online documentaion, don't bother. I had the online documentation open and it follows it so closely that it seems the author was simply paraphrasing the documentation. The only areas that it goes into more detail are irrelevent issues, like setting up ISDN (isn't that out of the scope of this book?) and how to run strace!
Again, don't bother. I want my money back!

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a good one.

ByBryanHon May 3, 2015

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It is a nearly through book for postfix setup and use, a good one.

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Good, but way too basic

Bytldon July 12, 2001

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This book serves as a good, yet very basic, introduction to both email and it's protocols, as well as the postfix MTA. I can wholehartedly recommend this book to anyone charged with the task of configuring their very first UNIX mail server, though I suspect the average reader will find the book limiting as his skill level grows.
To it's defence I must say that the ground it does cover it covers well, but far too little time is actually spent examining the challenging issues like tuning the mail system, and taking advantage of the advanced capabilities it has to offer. I also find it offers a very limited view of how to design a mail system for scalability etc.
The reason I'm giving this only two stars is that all the information available in the book is available either online or with the package, and if the reader is to install and administrate a UNIX MTA then he should surely be capable of extracting this information from the documentation. This results in the book being of limited actual use to the reader.
I'm hoping a possible second edition will spend less time on explaining the basics of how email work and more time providing the reader with actual advice and guidance where such would be needed rather than simply rehashing the answers provided by the documentation.
To sum it up: While the product is very good, this book is not.

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Not for real mail admins

ByAndrés Griñó Brandton April 4, 2003

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This book is too basic. It's real audience is people with little or no previous experience with mail servers.
I have long experience with Postfix and expected two things from this book:
a) Show me a holistic vision of Postfix to better understand how it works. Postfix docs are to terse and hard to integrate and interpretate. For example, while there is only one (main.cf) configuration file (with no subsections), there is no single doc that show all posible parameters and theirs meanings. Instead, each Postfix's component have their own documentation with their own parameter set explained. Postfix need very badly a table showing which parameters goes with which component, and this book doesn't provide one (and I expected one). The Postfix organization and operation is VERY logic after the fact, but it will be a lot easier if someone show you (and save you from making the same mistakes).
b) Explain how to do some real world tasks (for example, how to place differents recipient restrictions for inbound mail and for outbound mail).
This book adds nothing to Postfix's own docs; it's only a gentle introduction to the subject.

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This is a great book

Richard Blum writes great books, open source email security and another book I forget, something about network traffic analysis.Read more

Published on November 6, 2003 by Molly Brenda

Not Recommened; Too broad and general

Kind of regret getting this book.
I was hoping to see more of Postfix then described in this book.Read more

Published on September 15, 2003 by jhwang107

A disappointment

5 chapters and 124pages of introduction to DNS, SMTP, and assorted blah. The author does an ok job of walking through the Postfix internals - 30+ pages just on postfix lookup...Read more

Published on May 12, 2003

Do *not* buy this!

Horrible book
Spends 50% explaining how to install Redhat and skips almost every dificult feature postfix has.Read more

Published on October 9, 2002 by Joris Benschop

Good book as introduction to an excellent program...

If you can't (or won't) run sendmail for whatever reason, then the alternative I would suggest is postfix.Read more

Published on August 7, 2002 by Brad Knowles

A very good introduction to Postfix

I have to strongly agree with a review that said this book is a decent introduction for people new to administering unix email servers in general and Postfix in particular.Read more

Published on June 7, 2002

Funny but a Little empty

There was some great info in this book and it was well written. The problem is it's skimpy when it comes to the dirty work.Read more

Published on May 30, 2002

Good general introduction and reference

Although frequently panned, I think this book is a decent introduction for people new to administering unix email in general, and Postfix in particular.Read more

Published on April 16, 2002

Not nearly as good as expected

I picked up a copy of this local book, hoping that it would be up to the same level as a title from New Riders or O'Reilly & Associates.Read more

Published on January 9, 2002 by Ian Hall-Beyer

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