Useful Websites; Related Books - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

• procmailex — Gives a number of useful, real-world examples of Procmail recipes.
• procmailsc — Explains the weighted scoring technique used by Procmail to match a particular
recipe to a message.
• /usr/share/doc/spamassassin-<version-number>/ — Contains a large amount of
information pertaining to SpamAssassin. Replace <version-number> with the version number
of the spamassassin package.

24.7.2. Useful Websites

http://www.sendmail.org/
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documentation and configuration examples.
http://www.sendmail.com/
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an expanded view of the many options available.
http://www.postfix.org/
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Postfix. The mailing list is a particularly good place to look for information.
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/
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thorough FAQ.
http://www.procmail.org/
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dedicated to Procmail as well as various FAQ documents.
http://partmaps.org/era/procmail/mini-faq.html
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tips, details about file locking, and the use of wildcard characters.
http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/info/proctips.html
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easier. Includes instructions on how to test .procmailrc files and use Procmail scoring to decide
if a particular action should be taken.
http://www.spamassassin.org/
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24.7.3. Related Books

• Sendmail Milters: A Guide for Fighting Spam by Bryan Costales and Marcia Flynt; Addison-Wesley
— A good Sendmail guide that can help you customise your mail filters.
• Sendmail by Bryan Costales with Eric Allman et al; O'Reilly & Associates — A good Sendmail
reference written with the assistance of the original creator of Delivermail and Sendmail.
• Removing the Spam: Email Processing and Filtering by Geoff Mulligan; Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company — A volume that looks at various methods used by email administrators using established
tools, such as Sendmail and Procmail, to manage spam problems.
• Internet Email Protocols: A Developer's Guide by Kevin Johnson; Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company — Provides a very thorough review of major email protocols and the security they provide.
• Managing IMAP by Dianna Mullet and Kevin Mullet; O'Reilly & Associates — Details the steps
required to configure an IMAP server.
— Offers a thorough technical breakdown of Sendmail features,
— Contains news, interviews and articles concerning Sendmail, including
— The Postfix project home page contains a wealth of information about
— The home page for Fetchmail, featuring an online manual, and a
— The home page for Procmail with links to assorted mailing lists
— Contains dozens of tips that make using Procmail much
— The official site of the SpamAssassin project.
— An excellent Procmail FAQ, offers troubleshooting
Useful Websites
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