Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:13:13 -0600 From: Brad Davis <so14k@so14k.com> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chapter 22 Electronic Email Message-ID: <20050607231312.GA97305@ender.liquidneon.com> In-Reply-To: <C24DEBBB-3EC3-4FFE-9CF0-91976471CEDB@mac.com> References: <20050607223346.GA95732@ender.liquidneon.com> <C24DEBBB-3EC3-4FFE-9CF0-91976471CEDB@mac.com>
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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.
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