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
Am 30.12.2015 um 23:02 schrieb Robert Schetterer:
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
http://www.postfix-buch.com/
Ralf Hildebrandt, Patrick Ben Koetter
https://sys4.de/de/sys4/
Are these books exactly the same?
No, written by different germans
Am i right to assume that the german books are a little bit more up2date?
Most up2date might be
http://www.dovecot-buch.de/
see
Peer Heinlein pre x-mas notice
https://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg64398.html
But i dont know if it covers your needs
Thank you for answering.
Dennis
Printed books in general can t be up2date these days
as both projects postfix and dovecot are very active
but they can teach basics
Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer
