Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual page 197

Chapter 11. Email
• /usr/share/doc/fetchmail- version-number
tures in the
FEATURES
• /usr/share/doc/procmail- version-number
overview of Procmail, a
answers to many common configuration questions.
When learning how Procmail works and creating new recipes, the following Procmail man pages
are invaluable:
— Provides an overview of how Procmail works and the steps involved with filtering
procmail
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email.
— Explains the
procmailrc
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— Gives a number of useful, real-world examples of Procmail recipes.
procmailex
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— Explains the weighted scoring technique used by Procmail to match a particular
procmailsc
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recipe to a message.
/usr/share/doc/spamassassin- version-number /
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amount of information pertaining to SpamAssassin. Replace
version number of the
11.6.2. Useful Websites
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html — Provides an
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overview of how email works, and examines possible email solutions and configurations on the
client and server sides.
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-User-HOWTO/ — Looks at email from the
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user's perspective, investigates various popular email client applications and gives an introduction
to topics such as aliases, forwarding, auto-replying, mailing lists, mail filters, and spam.
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html — Demonstrates a
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way to retrieve POP email using SSH with port forwarding, so that the email passwords and
messages are transferred securely.
http://www.sendmail.net/ — Contains news, interviews, and articles concerning Sendmail, includ-
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ing an expanded view of the many options available.
http://www.sendmail.org/ — Offers a thorough technical breakdown of Sendmail features and con-
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figuration examples.
http://www.postfix.org/ — The Postfix project home page contains a wealth of information about
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Postfix. The mailing list is a particularly good place to look for information.
http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ — The home page for Fetchmail, featuring an online manual, and a
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thorough FAQ.
http://www.procmail.org/ — The home page for Procmail with links to assorted mailing lists dedi-
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cated to Procmail as well as various FAQ documents.
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/users/reriksso/procmail/mini-faq.html — An excellent Procmail FAQ,
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offers troubleshooting tips, details about file locking, and the use of wildcard characters.
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/info/proctips.html — Contains dozens of tips that make using Procmail
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much easier. Includes instructions on how to test
decide if a particular action should be taken.
http://www.spamassassin.org/ — The official site of the SpamAssassin project.
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file and an introductory
file that explores every program feature, and an
FEATURES
file format used to construct recipes.
rc
package.
spamassassin
— Contains a full list of Fetchmail fea-
document.
FAQ
— Contains a
— This directory contains a large
version-number
files and use Procmail scoring to
.procmailrc
file that provides an
README
file with
FAQ
with the
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