Topic 211: E-Mail Services

Perteneciente a LPIC-2

Módulos:

• 211.1 Using e-mail servers (4)
• 211.2 Managing E-Mail Delivery (2)
• 211.3 Managing Remote E-Mail Delivery (2)

De cara al examen, habría que tener claro:

• Conocer el funcionamiento del envío de correos por Internet.
• Conocer los principales MTA.
• Asegurar una configuración sencilla de Postfix.
• Configurar dominios virtuales con Postfix.
• Conocer los MDA courier-pop y courier-imap.
• Conocer el MDA Dovecot.

What is the path to the global postfix configuration file? (Please specify the complete directory path and file name)

• /etc/postfix/main.cf

What postfix configuration setting defines the domains for which Postfix will deliver mail locally? (Please provide only the configuration setting name with no other information)

• mydestination

myorigin sería con qué los envía.

Where is the user foo's procmail configuration stored, if home directories are stored in /home? Please enter the complete path to the file.

• /home/foo/.procmailrc

What is the name of the dovecot configuration variable that specifies the location of user mail?

• mbox
• mail_location (Solución)
• user_dir
• maildir
• user_mail_dir

A Mail User Agent (MUA) is responsible for what part of the e-mail process?

• Functioning as a gateway for local and remote messages
• Transferring messages from one server to another
• Retrieving user email for display (client applications) (Solución)
• Delivering mail to the local mail spool

Which of the following directories are the dovecot external configuration files found in?

• /etc/dovecot/config.d
• /etc/dovecot/modules.d
• None of the Above
• /etc/dovecot/conf.d (Solución)

Which of the following utilities will allow you to make changes to or display the configuration of your Postfix email server?

• postinfo
• postcheck
• postconf (Solución)
• posttest

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

• Verdadero (Solución)
• Falso