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Article #717Sendmail Training Seminars in Chicago, April 28 & 29
From: Robert Harker, 408-295-9432
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 01:48
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 01:48
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Harker Systems is proud to announce two seminars on sendmail: "Sendmail Made Simple" which covers the operation of sendmail, sendmail.cf file, rewriting rules, and debugging of sendmail "Advanced Sendmail & Electronic Mail Domains" covers setting up mail subdomains, DNS and MX records, IDA sendmail, and using sendmail compilers The dates for the sendmail seminars are as follows: Chicago, IL Sendmail Made Simple April 28, 1993 Advanced Sendmail & Electronic Mail Domains April 29, 1993 These sendmail seminars are also being offered: Sendmail Made Simple Advanced Sendmail and Electronic Mail Domains Phoenix, AZ April 19 Phoenix, AZ April 20 Minneapolis, MN May 3 Minneapolis, MN May 4 Santa Clara, CA May 10 Santa Clara, CA May 11 Boston, MA May 19 Boston, MA May 20 Raleigh-Durham, NC May 24 Raleigh-Durham, NC May 25 New York, NY June 21 New York, NY June 22 Seattle, WA June 28 Seattle, WA June 29 The one-day Sendmail Made Simple seminar is designed for the UNIX mail administrator who needs to know how to configure and debug sendmail for a network of UNIX hosts which exchange mail with the UUCP/Internet mail network. You will learn how to register and setup an Internet mail domain for their organization. A set of simple sendmail.cf files for a network of clients with mail gateways are presented to explain configuration of sendmail After this one day training seminar you will be able to: * Install and configure sendmail and sendmail.cf for your site * Understand how sendmail works with mail, SMTP, and UUCP * Work with UUCP service providers to create an Internet mail domain * Understand the function and configuration of sendmail.cf files * Create custom sendmail rewriting rules to handle delivery to special addresses and mailers * Debug mail addressing and delivery problems * Debug sendmail.cf configuration files * Use and install vendor specific sendmail.cf files: SunOS, DEC Ultrix, HP-UX, IBM AIX The one-day Advanced Sendmail and Electronic Mail Domains seminar is designed for administrators of complex electronic mail networks who need to know how to design, setup and manage mail sub-domains. You will learn how to setup sendmail and the Domain Naming System (DNS) on a mail gateway which relays mail with the Internet. You will learn the advantages of using IDA sendmail. After this one day training seminar you will be able to: * Understand how to use sub-domains in a complex mail network * Set-up mail sub-domains and mail routing hubs * Understand how mail delivery within the Internet and to sub-domains is assisted with DNS Mail eXchanger records * Set-up the Domain Naming System on a firewall gateway to provide MX records for domains and internal sub-domains * Use and install IDA sendmail * Create sendmail.cf files using the m4 sendmail compiler and Ease Course Fees: US$349 either day, US$675 both days. Fees include the seminar, seminar notes, lunch, and refreshments. For more information call (415) 323-3862 or send email to info@harker.com Registration Form: Please indicate location and dates of the seminars you will be attending (Sendmail Made Simple is a prerequisite to Advanced Sendmail.) Sendmail Made Simple Advanced Sendmail and Electronic Mail Domains -------------------------------- -------------------------------- [ ] Phoenix, AZ April 19 [ ] Phoenix, AZ April 20 [ ] Chicago, IL April 28 [ ] Chicago, IL April 29 [ ] Minneapolis, MN May 3 [ ] Minneapolis, MN May 4 [ ] Santa Clara, CA May 10 [ ] Santa Clara, CA May 11 [ ] Boston, MA May 19 [ ] Boston, MA May 20 [ ] Raleigh-Durham, NC May 24 [ ] Raleigh-Durham, NC May 25 [ ] New York, NY June 21 [ ] New York, NY June 22 [ ] Seattle, WA June 28 [ ] Seattle, WA June 29 [ ] Honolulu, HI July 15 [ ] Honolulu, HI July 16 [ ] Denver, CO August 19 [ ] Denver, CO August 20 Name & Title:____________________________________________________ Organization:____________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________ City:_______________________State:____Zip Code:__________________ Phone:______________________Email Address:_______________________ Course Fees: US$349 either day, US$675 both days. Fees include the seminar, seminar notes, lunch, and refreshments. Registration: Attendance is limited and expected to fill up in advance so register early. To register MAIL the check and registration form to: Harker Systems, 840 Melville Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94301 (415) 323-3862 Please make checks payable to Harker Systems Payment must be received before the course start date. Sorry credit cards are not accepted. Seminar Times: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Open Q & A until 6 p.m.) Seminar location and hotel Information: The seminars in Chicago are being held at: The Midland Hotel 172 West Adams At Lasalle Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 332-1200 Sendmail Made Simple Outline * Introduction to using electronic mail How mail, UUCP, and sendmail work together Electronic mail address formats Understanding mail delivery in the Internet The Function of MX records MX forwarders and UUCP hosts * Theory of sendmail operation What sendmail does How sendmail works Options for invoking sendmail Sendmail support files Programs used by sendmail Files used to create, store, and control messages SMTP operation * Understanding the sendmail.cf file Function of sendmail.cf How sendmail processes mail addresses How sendmail delivers mail Parts of sendmail.cf Macro definitions Header rewriting Option definitions Address rewriting rules Understanding the rule sets What the function of each rule set is Mailer resolution rules: mailer, next host, address triples Understanding the syntax of rule rewriting * Address rewriting rules How do rewriting tokens work Function of the focus address Using matching tokens Using matching classes How rules are applied How an address matches a mailer Local, UUCP, Ethernet, Internet Configuring sendmail.cf Standard macro definition changes Creating Custom Sendmail Rewriting Rules Define what addresses you want to match Define how to rewrite the addresses Write a rule for the address Test the address with the rule Test other non matching addresses for bad rewrites Adding a custom mailer * Debugging sendmail sendmail.cf configuration files Address re-writing problems Queuing problems Forwarding problems Delivery problems Using checksendmail to check overall address rewriting Running sendmail in address test mode * Discussion of vendor supplied sendmail.cf Files SunOS, Ultrix, HP-UX, AIX Unique features of each vendor Advanced Sendmail and Electronic Mail Domains Seminar Outline * Understanding the function of sub-domains in a complex mail network Overview of mail sub-domains Administrative control Grouping of hosts and users Mail delivery to sub-domains within a hierarchial network Mail delivery outside of the a hierarchial network * Setting-up mail sub-domains and mail routing hubs Choosing sub-domains Setting up a sub-domain mail hub Hub of a group of hosts Communications with other sub-domains Communications with external mail sites Setting up mail hub for a mail domain * Mail eXchanger (MX) records and mail delivery in the Internet Understanding the function of MX records Advertising mail forwarders with MX records Wild-card MX records for the mail domain as a whole MX records for sub-domains Host specific MX records Using MX records for delivery to a backup mail hub Limitations of MX records * Setting-up the Domain Naming System Overview of DNS Setting up DNS for a firewall gateway Setting up primary server Setting up internal secondary server Setting up external secondary server Verifying DNS configuration Debugging DNS problems * Installing IDA sendmail Unique features of IDA sendmail Operation of IDA sendmail * Automatic creation of sendmail.cf files Ease sendmail compiler Ease syntax Definition of macros, classes, options, headers, precedence, and trusted users Definition of mailers Definition of rule sets Definition of matching patterns (rewriting rules) Use of conditional operators in Ease Conversion of existing sendmail.cf files to Ease format * Automatic creation of sendmail.cf files m4 sendmail compiler Overview of the m4 macro language processor How the m4 macro language processor is used to create sendmail.cf files Overview of the m4 template files Boiler plate for macros, classes, options, headers Standard sendmail ruleset templates, rules 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Mailer template files for local, SMTP, and UUCP Overview of the "mc" master configuration files How to create a site dependent m4 and mc files for your site How to use the m4 compiler to maintain sendmail.cf files for many sites * How to use the m4 sendmail compiler with configurations from: sendmail 5.65 and IDA sendmail * Verifying and debugging sendmail.cf files generated by a sendmail compiler
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9911,5aa6afcbd8622bc7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf9911,public X-Google-Thread: f8d04,5aa6afcbd8622bc7,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf8d04,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-24 18:01:29 PST Newsgroups: chi.mail,chi.forsale Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!harker.com!harker From: harker@harker.com (Robert Harker, 408-295-9432) Subject: Sendmail Training Seminars in Chicago, April 28 & 29 Message-ID: <1993Mar25.014856.24922@harker.com> Summary: Sendmail operation, configuration, and mail domains training seminar Originator: harker@harker Keywords: sendmail electronic mail MX records DNS IDA Ease sendmail.cf Sender: harker@harker.com Organization: Harker Systems, 1180 Hester Ave, San Jose, CA 95125 Distribution: chi Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 01:48:56 GMT Lines: 256