sendmail

by Bryan Costales, Eric Allman

This Nutshell Handbook® is far and away the most comprehensive book ever written on sendmail, the program that acts like a traffic cop in routing and delivering mail on UNIX-based networks. Although sendmail is used on almost every UNIX system, it's one of the last great uncharted territories--and most difficult utilities to learn-- in UNIX system administration.

This book provides a complete sendmail tutorial, plus extensive reference material on every aspect of the program. What's more, it's authoritative, having been co-authored by Eric Allman, the developer of sendmail, and Neil Rickert, one of the leading sendmail gurus on the Net.

This book covers both IDA sendmail and the latest version (V8) from the University of California, Berkeley. It also covers the standard versions available on most systems, such as those found on Sun and DEC/Ultrix workstations.

The book is divided into four parts. Part One is a tutorial on understanding sendmail from the ground up; starting from an empty file, it has the reader work through exercises, building a configuration file and testing the results. Part Two covers practical issues in sendmail administration. Part Three is a comprehensive reference section, while Part Four consists of appendices and a bibliography.

Genres: Reference, Technical, Computers, Technology, Programming, Nonfiction

830 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Bryan Costales wrote the very successful "sendmail" (bat book) for O'Reilly Media. His most recent credits are short stories published in The Banyon Review, Romance Magazine, the Riptide Journal, and Gold Dust Magazine. Bryan lives in Eugene, Oregon where he dabbles in photography.

Reviews

[Lisa Penland · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you work with *nix - you need this book. Admining sendmail can be a dark art, and not for the feint of heart.

I've been known to ask intern candidates "what's the bat book?" - yeah, it's that important.

[Bryan Costales · Rating 5 out of 5]

I worked hard to make this the best and most perfect of the four editions.

[Thomas Beek · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a comprehensive book. Reading it will help you understand a lot of things better when it comes to the subject. It will make you a better IT professional/systems administrator.

[TK Keanini · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bat Book

[RJ]

sendmail, 4th Edition by Bryan Costales (2007)