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On 11/25/20 9:02 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> O'Reilly's_Sendmail_ 4th Edition (the bat book), has 1312 pages and |
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> weighs four pounds. |
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There is actually a much smaller book than the quintessential Bat book |
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that is multiple orders of magnitude. IM(ns)HO the Sendmail |
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Installation and Operation Guide is well worth reading by anyone that |
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wants to be serious about administering sendmail. I have (re)read |
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(multiple versions of) it multiple times in my multi-decade fling with |
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Sendmail. Take part of an afternoon every few years and skim it and / |
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or read new / updated parts of it. It's usually with the sendmail |
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source code. But you can easily search the web for multiple copies of it. |
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I've read the SIOG multiple times cover-to-cover. I've never read more |
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than 20-30 pages of the Bat book at any given time. |
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Aside: I have a low opinion of many O'Reilly books when it comes to |
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learning something new. They are frequently the definitive reference, |
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second only to source code. But reference material is not the best way |
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to learn. Think man page vs tutorials. |
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Grant. . . . |
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