Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
Which Postfix Book do you recommend?
5 views
Skip to first unread message
Dennis Steinkamp
Dec 30, 2015, 3:47:33 PM12/30/15
to
Hey guys,
i want to learn more about Postfix and mail servers in general.
This is more out of curiosity and personal interest, i am not a
postmaster or anything. :)
I purchased the Book of Postfix a while ago and read through a few chapters.
I am sure most of it is still valid but on the other hand, postfix
evolved and afaik the (english) book never got an update.
There are other german postfix books which seem to be a more or less
translation of the Book of postfix but covering more recent postfix topics.
(especially the postfix + dovecot part is interesting)
I am talking about:
http://www.postfixbuch.de/
http://www.postfix-buch.com/
Are these books exactly the same?
Am i right to assume that the german books are a little bit more up2date?
Thank you for answering.
Dennis
i want to learn more about Postfix and mail servers in general.
This is more out of curiosity and personal interest, i am not a
postmaster or anything. :)
I purchased the Book of Postfix a while ago and read through a few chapters.
I am sure most of it is still valid but on the other hand, postfix
evolved and afaik the (english) book never got an update.
There are other german postfix books which seem to be a more or less
translation of the Book of postfix but covering more recent postfix topics.
(especially the postfix + dovecot part is interesting)
I am talking about:
http://www.postfixbuch.de/
http://www.postfix-buch.com/
Are these books exactly the same?
Am i right to assume that the german books are a little bit more up2date?
Thank you for answering.
Dennis
Robert Schetterer
Dec 30, 2015, 5:03:12 PM12/30/15
to
Am 30.12.2015 um 21:47 schrieb Dennis Steinkamp:
> Hey guys,
>
> i want to learn more about Postfix and mail servers in general.
> This is more out of curiosity and personal interest, i am not a
> postmaster or anything. :)
>
> I purchased the Book of Postfix a while ago and read through a few
> chapters.
> I am sure most of it is still valid but on the other hand, postfix
> evolved and afaik the (english) book never got an update.
>
> There are other german postfix books which seem to be a more or less
> translation of the Book of postfix but covering more recent postfix topics.
> (especially the postfix + dovecot part is interesting)
>
> I am talking about:
> http://www.postfixbuch.de/
Peer Heinlein
> Hey guys,
>
> i want to learn more about Postfix and mail servers in general.
> This is more out of curiosity and personal interest, i am not a
> postmaster or anything. :)
>
> I purchased the Book of Postfix a while ago and read through a few
> chapters.
> I am sure most of it is still valid but on the other hand, postfix
> evolved and afaik the (english) book never got an update.
>
> There are other german postfix books which seem to be a more or less
> translation of the Book of postfix but covering more recent postfix topics.
> (especially the postfix + dovecot part is interesting)
>
> I am talking about:
> http://www.postfixbuch.de/
> http://www.postfix-buch.com/
Ralf Hildebrandt, Patrick Ben Koetter
https://sys4.de/de/sys4/
>
> Are these books exactly the same?
> Am i right to assume that the german books are a little bit more up2date?
http://www.dovecot-buch.de/
see
Peer Heinlein pre x-mas notice
https://www.mail-archive.com/dov...@dovecot.org/msg64398.html
But i dont know if it covers your needs
>
> Thank you for answering.
>
> Dennis
as both projects postfix and dovecot are very active
but they can teach basics
Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer
--
[*] sys4 AG
http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64
Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München
Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263
Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
Dennis Steinkamp
Dec 30, 2015, 5:55:13 PM12/30/15
to
Thank you for your reply.
My postfix "needs" are pretty vague at this time.
Lets just say my goal for now is, to configure a postfix server for a
single (test) domain with SMTP-AUTH and Dovecot
so that ultimately, i can send and receive e-mails from my MUA.
(Thunderbird in my case)
I tend to learn new things best when i start from a simple and total
minimalistic setup and adjust the configuration step-by-step from there.
That approach is pretty much what the book of postfix does but it
doesn`t cover dovecot. (SASL section is about Cyrus not Dovecot for example)
Of course there are many guides and howtos floating around the web but
they don`t help me to understand how things work together.
I looking for a book that helps me to accomplish what i described
earlier in a "step-by-step" fashion.
I would appreciate any recommendations you guys can give.
Thank you
Dennis
My postfix "needs" are pretty vague at this time.
Lets just say my goal for now is, to configure a postfix server for a
single (test) domain with SMTP-AUTH and Dovecot
so that ultimately, i can send and receive e-mails from my MUA.
(Thunderbird in my case)
I tend to learn new things best when i start from a simple and total
minimalistic setup and adjust the configuration step-by-step from there.
That approach is pretty much what the book of postfix does but it
doesn`t cover dovecot. (SASL section is about Cyrus not Dovecot for example)
Of course there are many guides and howtos floating around the web but
they don`t help me to understand how things work together.
I looking for a book that helps me to accomplish what i described
earlier in a "step-by-step" fashion.
I would appreciate any recommendations you guys can give.
Thank you
Dennis
Robert Schetterer
Dec 30, 2015, 6:59:11 PM12/30/15
to
Am 30.12.2015 um 23:54 schrieb Dennis Steinkamp:
> Thank you for your reply.
> My postfix "needs" are pretty vague at this time.
>
> Lets just say my goal for now is, to configure a postfix server for a
> single (test) domain with SMTP-AUTH and Dovecot
> so that ultimately, i can send and receive e-mails from my MUA.
> (Thunderbird in my case)
> I tend to learn new things best when i start from a simple and total
> minimalistic setup and adjust the configuration step-by-step from there.
> That approach is pretty much what the book of postfix does but it
> doesn`t cover dovecot. (SASL section is about Cyrus not Dovecot for
> example)
> Of course there are many guides and howtos floating around the web but
> they don`t help me to understand how things work together.
> I looking for a book that helps me to accomplish what i described
> earlier in a "step-by-step" fashion.
>
> I would appreciate any recommendations you guys can give.
>
> Thank you
>
> Dennis
this is a mostly complete complex setup
> Thank you for your reply.
> My postfix "needs" are pretty vague at this time.
>
> Lets just say my goal for now is, to configure a postfix server for a
> single (test) domain with SMTP-AUTH and Dovecot
> so that ultimately, i can send and receive e-mails from my MUA.
> (Thunderbird in my case)
> I tend to learn new things best when i start from a simple and total
> minimalistic setup and adjust the configuration step-by-step from there.
> That approach is pretty much what the book of postfix does but it
> doesn`t cover dovecot. (SASL section is about Cyrus not Dovecot for
> example)
> Of course there are many guides and howtos floating around the web but
> they don`t help me to understand how things work together.
> I looking for a book that helps me to accomplish what i described
> earlier in a "step-by-step" fashion.
>
> I would appreciate any recommendations you guys can give.
>
> Thank you
>
> Dennis
https://www.exratione.com/2014/05/a-mailserver-on-ubuntu-1404-postfix-dovecot-mysql/
you might try google
dovecot postfix ubuntu
to find masses of step by step instructions
also
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo
should help and for sure the well done postfix doku
0 new messages