RFC: E-mail documentation (was: Re: Article about mail setup for FreeBSD workstations)

[Len Zettel]

On Monday 18 October 2004 12:51 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
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> On 2004-10-03 22:27, Simon Barner <barner at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Approximately one year ago, I wrote an article about how to setup email
> > properly on a FreeBSD machine without a proper DNS name [...]
> >
> > My work is available here (HTML and DocBook version):
> > http://home.leo.org/~barner/freebsd/articles/mailsetup/
>
> Interesting article.  I have threatened that some day I will rewrite the
> e-mail chapter of the Handbook to include as much information as possible,
> including (but not limited to) the following:
>
> 	- Alternative MTAs (Postfix, Exim, qmail, etc.).
> 	- SASL support.
> 	- Hosting of many virtual domains.
>
> but, unfortunately, I got myself a job and quickly saw my free time
> diminishingly approach zero hours per day.  I am still interested in what
> people would like better though:
>
> 	a. a huge email chapter in the Handbook,
Yes
>
> 	b. a separate book describing internet mail support on FreeBSD, or
>
> 	c. a collection of many small articles, each one describing a
> 	   particular e-mail setup.
>
Yes

> This article of yours would fit nicely either as part of the first two or
> as an addition to (c).  So, which of (a), (b) or (c) would people prefer? 
> It seems I might have relatively frequent periods of spare time from now
> on.
>
In my opinion, the documentation could usefully take better advantage of
the capabilities of hypertext.  To that end, a) Should have a general
description section and a bunch of hyperlinks to c) as appropriate.
   -LenZ-

> - - Giorgos
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