The Book of IMAP—New from No Starch Press
The Ultimate Resource for Mail Server Management

San Francisco, CA—The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) allows clients to access their email on a remote server, whether from the office, a mobile phone, or a hotel room in Outer Mongolia. IMAP is powerful and flexible, but it's also complicated; it's more difficult to implement than POP3 and more error-prone for both client and server.

The Book of IMAP (May 2008, 368 pp, ISBN 9781593271770) offers a detailed introduction to IMAP and POP3, the two protocols that govern all modern mail servers and clients. Readers learn how the protocols work as well as how to install, configure, and maintain the two most popular open source mail systems, Courier and Cyrus.

Authors Peer Heinlein and Peer Hartleben have set up hundreds of mail servers and offer practical hints about troubleshooting errors, migration, filesystem tuning, cluster setups, and password security that will help readers extricate themselves from all sorts of tricky situations. Readers also learn how to:

• Use built-in tools for server analysis, maintenance, and repairs
• Manage shared folders, virtual domains, and user quotas
• Authenticate user data
• Handle heavy traffic with load balancers and proxies
• Implement complementary webmail clients
• Set up and use the Sieve email filter

Thoroughly commented references to the POP and IMAP protocols round out the book, making The Book of IMAP indispensable for all mail administrators.

Co-published with Open Source Press of Munich, Germany

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About the Authors
Peer Heinlein has been operating an independent ISP in Berlin with his colleagues since 1992. He specializes in mail servers of various sizes and enjoys ambitious Linux projects.

Peer Hartleben is a CTO and Linux Security Consultant with a focus on Cyrus-based mail servers.

Additional Resources
Sample chapter, "The Work of a Courier Administrator" (PDF)
Table of contents overview
Detailed table of contents (PDF)
Index (PDF)
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The Book of IMAP
Building a Mail Server with Courier and Cyrus
by Peer Heinlein, Peer Hartleben
May 2008, 368 pp
ISBN 9781593271770, $49.95 USD
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1-800-998-9938
1-707-827-7000

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