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LPI exam prep: Mail and news

Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) topic 206

David Mertz (mertz@gnosis.cx), Developer, Gnosis Software

David Mertz has been writing the developerWorks columns Charming Python and XML Matters since 2000. Check out his book Text Processing in Python. For more on David, see his personal Web page.

Summary: This is the second of seven tutorials covering intermediate network administration on Linux. In this tutorial, David Mertz discusses how to use Linux as a mail server and as a news server. Overall, e-mail is probably the main use of the Internet, and Linux is perhaps the best platform for e-mail services. This tutorial covers mail transport, local mail filtering, and mailing list maintenance software. It also briefly discusses server software for the NNTP protocol.

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Date: 29 Mar 2012 (Published 22 Nov 2005)
Level: Intermediate
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About this series

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certifies Linux system administrators at two levels: junior level (also called "certification level 1") and intermediate level (also called "certification level 2"). To attain certification level 1, you must pass exams 101 and 102; to attain certification level 2, you must pass exams 201 and 202.

developerWorks offers tutorials to help you prepare for each of the four exams. Each exam covers several topics, and each topic has a corresponding self-study tutorial on developerWorks. For LPI exam 202, the seven topics and corresponding developerWorks tutorials are:

*Table 1. LPI exam 202: Tutorials and topics*
LPI exam 202 topic	developerWorks tutorial	Tutorial summary
Topic 205	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 205): Networking configuration	Learn how to configure a basic TCP/IP network, from the hardware layer (usually Ethernet, modem, ISDN, or 802.11) through the routing of network addresses.
Topic 206	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 206): Mail and news	(This tutorial) Learn how to use Linux as a mail server and as a news server. Learn about mail transport, local mail filtering, mailing list maintenance software, and server software for the NNTP protocol. See detailed objectives below.
Topic 207	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 207): DNS	Coming soon
Topic 208	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 208): Web services	Coming soon
Topic 210	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 210): Network client management	Coming soon
Topic 212	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 212): System security	Coming soon
Topic 214	LPI exam 202 prep (topic 214): Network troubleshooting	Coming soon

To start preparing for certification level 1, see the developerWorks tutorials for LPI exam 101. To prepare for the other exam in certification level 2, see the developerWorks tutorials for LPI exam 201. Read more about the entire set of developerWorks LPI tutorials.

The Linux Professional Institute does not endorse any third-party exam preparation material or techniques in particular. For details, please contact info@lpi.org.

About this tutorial

Welcome to "Mail and news," the second of seven tutorials covering intermediate network administration on Linux. In this tutorial, you learn how to use Linux as a mail server and as a news server. This tutorial covers mail transport, local mail filtering, and mailing list maintenance software. It also briefly discusses server software for the NNTP protocol.

This tutorial is organized according to the LPI objectives for this topic. Very roughly, expect more questions on the exam for objectives with higher weight.

*Table 2. Mail and news: Exam objectives covered in this tutorial*
LPI exam objective	Objective weight	Objective summary
2.206.1 Configuring mailing lists	Weight 1	Install and maintain mailing lists using Majordomo. Monitor Majordomo problems by viewing Majordomo logs.
2.206.2 Using Sendmail	Weight 4	Manage a Sendmail configuration including e-mail aliases, mail quotas, and virtual mail domains. This objective includes configuring internal mail relays and monitoring SMTP servers.
2.206.3 Managing mail traffic	Weight 3	Implement client mail management software to filter, sort, and monitor incoming user mail. This objective includes using software such as Procmail on both the server and client side.
2.206.4 Serving news	Weight 1	Install and configure news servers using INN. This objective includes customizing and monitoring served newsgroups.

Prerequisites

To get the most from this tutorial, you should already have a basic knowledge of Linux and a working Linux system on which you can practice the commands covered in this tutorial.

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