Proposed Changes to Chapter 27: Electronic Mail

Allan Jude freebsd at allanjude.com
Thu Oct 17 15:17:50 UTC 2013


On 2013-10-17 10:21, Dru Lavigne wrote:
> The current layout of this chapter is as follows:
>
> 27. Electronic Mail
>     27.1. Synopsis
>     27.2. Using Electronic Mail
>     27.3. Sendmail Configuration
>     27.4. Changing the Mail Transfer Agent
>     27.5. Troubleshooting
>     27.6. Advanced Topics
>     27.7. Setting Up to Send Only
>     27.8. Using Mail with a Dialup Connection
>     27.9. SMTP Authentication
>     27.10. Mail User Agents
>     27.11. Using fetchmail
>     27.12. Using procmail
>
> I would like to do the following:
>
> Divide the content of this chapter into MUA stuff and MTA stuff.  Since the MUA stuff is suited to noobs (Volume 1), move it into the Basics chapter. Since the MTA stuff is suited to admins (Volume 2), move it into the Network Servers chapter.
>
> Anyone opposed?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dru
>
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Sounds good to me.

We might also want to replace the dailup chapter with more useful
information about sending email while 'on the road' and on wireless and
that sort of things. Tips for getting mail out while at a
hotel/conference etc. Smarthosts, authenticated SMTP etc.

-- 
Allan Jude



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