The Book -- new edition

[Billy A. Pumphrey]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Ugo Bellavance
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:14 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: The Book -- new edition
> 
> Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
> > Have your linux server do regular system updates with
recommendations to
> > yum or up2date or something.  Also with links to the technologies.
> >
> > It would be beneficial to newbies to include basic definitions of
the
> > best practices terms and/or links to different FAQ's or something.
> >
> > Example:
> > You should keep your OS updated using technologies such as up2date
or
> > yum. Here is the basic config files for these and briefly how they
work.
> > For in-depth info click here.  I prefer this one over the other but
it
> > is your choice.
> >
> > I know that Ugo put some examples and are far from completion:
> > - Have a reverse lookup
> > - If MaiScanner a gateway, make sure you use firewall rules on the
> > destination server to make sure only MailScanner can access it.
> > - Have SPF records
> > - Use SMTP-AUTH for roaming clients
> > - Don't bounce
> > - Make sure you're not an open relay
> >
> > I now know what most of these are, but before I would have been like
> > W@$#%$^%$%@#$@#$^%#$%#$@!@#%$^% What is this stuff????????
> >
> > To me even the simplest thing could use a sentence or two then a
link
> > for more info about it.
> >
> > Another example:
> > Make sure you're not an open relay.
> > An open relay means that.............. and ...........  This is what
can
> > happen is you are a open relay..........  For more info click here.
> >
> >
> 
> I understand what you mean Bill, but I don't want to save the world
> either.  People must be able to do some research by themselves.  We
> can't really have a repository of docs for all the documentation
related
> to mail server administration.  Also, these topics are often changing
a
> lot and since we're all volunteers, it is hard to maintain changing
> docs.  We must find a balance between the amount of work and the
benefits.
> 
> The ideas I posted are, of course, raw.  I expected Jason to work them
> out a little bit.

I agree.  It would also make for a large document.  

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