Some book about OpenSMTPD

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THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

This project is based on a 120-ish pages book that I wrote in LaTeX, but never completed and never committed to freeze for a first version. Since I can't eff-ing work something in private until completion, I decided to progressively convert the book to markdown and work in a public repository.

Note that this work is released under CC BY-NC-ND, please be nice.

You can use the issues tracker to submit fixes to typos, suggest that I discuss a particular topic, however keep in mind that this is a personal work written in my own style: I will not necessarily merge changes in tone, style or wording.

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• Preface
• About the author
• About this book [needs an update]
• Greetings [needs an update]

Part 1: Where we begin with theory

• Introduction
• What you need to know about SMTP
• What you need to know about the Internet Message Format
• What you need to know about DNS
• The roles of OpenSMTPD
• Documentation, resources and community
• Design and security [needs an update]
• Understanding the configuration
• Understanding tables
• Understanding filters [work in progress]

Part 2: Where we get out hands dirty

• Getting started
• Setting up your own first MX [needs an update]
• Setting up your own useful MX [needs an update]
• setting up you own advanced MX [needs an update]

Part 3: Where we operate things

• Logging, Tracing, Reporting and Statistics [work in progress]
• Reporting

Part 4: Where we're done and say goodbye

• Supporting the project and the author [needs an update]
• Postface [needs an update]