 | Level: Intermediate David Mertz (mertz@gnosis.cx), Developer, Gnosis Software
22 Nov 2005 Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux® certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence! And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration. In this tutorial (the second in a series of seven tutorials to come), David Mertz discusses how to use Linux as a mail server and as a news server, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute® Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 202. In this tutorial, you learn about mail transport, local mail filtering, and mailing list maintenance software.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from the entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Configuring mailing lists
- Using Sendmail
- Managing mail traffic
- Serving NNTP news
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to configure mailing lists, use Sendmail, manage e-mail traffic, and serve NNTP news. The tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the LPI exam for this topic. If you're studying for certification -- or simply building a solid foundation in Linux systems administration -- you will be ready to proceed to the next tutorial in this series.
Prerequisites
Beyond a basic knowledge of Linux, there are no formal prerequisites for this tutorial.
System requirements
You should have a working Linux system so you can try out the commands and examples that are described in this tutorial.
Duration
More than two hours
Formats html, pdf
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