Chapter 22 Electronic Email

[Brad Davis]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 07:01:21PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote:
> Hi--
> 
> On Jun 7, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Brad Davis wrote:
> >Table of Contents
> >22.1 Synopsis
> >22.2 Using Electronic Mail
> >22.3 Changing Your Mail Transfer Agent
> >22.4 Setting Up to Send Only
> >22.5 Sendmail
> >        22.5.1 sendmail Configuration
> >        22.5.2 Troubleshooting
> >        22.5.3 Advanced Topics
> >        22.5.4 SMTP with UUCP
> >        22.5.5 Using Mail with a Dialup Connection
> >        22.5.6 SMTP Authentication
> >22.6 Mail User Agents
> >22.7 Using fetchmail
> >22.8 Using procmail
> >
> >
> >so that I could add a new 22.6 called Postfix. and a 22.7 called qmail
> >and a 22.8 called Exim and ....
> 
> I'd prefer to put the stuff about MUA, fetchmail and such together  
> just after the 22.2 section on using email.  That way, you could then  
> append sections on Postfix, qmail, and so forth at the end of the  
> chapter, not in the middle.

Sounds good.. Will do.
 
> It might also be nice to mention something about configuring Cyrus or  
> UWash IMAP, a POP daemon, or whatever, too.  Most people at least  
> know what a mail client is, so starting the discussion with those,  
> then talking about IMAP or POP daemons as being what your MUA talks  
> with, and then talking about setting up a MTA as the final piece to  
> do the SMTP-level stuff, seems to be about as good an organization as  
> any.

Right.