Class Outline:

Performance Tuning:

Performance issues and bottle necks with sendmail

• Selecting hardware for performance

Overall tuning strategies

• Tuning the queue
• Speeding up SMTP
• Maximizing resources

Tuning sendmail for specific applications:

• High volumes of relay mail
• POP/IMAP servers with lots of mailboxes
• Mailing lists with lots of recipients
• Batched solicited bulk email

Using the new queue group features of sendmail

• How queue groups work and what they can do
• Prioritizing types of mail traffic
• Efficiently processing large volumes of mail
• Dealing with outages

LDAP Integration:

Introduction to LDAP

• How sendmail can use LDAP to centralize database administration
• Compiling sendmail with LDAP support

Setting up OpenLDAP server to answer sendmail LDAP queries

• Routing mail with LASER
• Using LDAP with sendmail 8.13 for aliases, M4 database FEATURES, and classes
• How to maintain LDAP data

Spam Control Using Sendmail:

Overview of spam evasion techniques

• How sendmail can filter email
• Selectively re-enabling SMTP relaying
• Using standard anti-spam features of sendmail
• Filtering mail based on the message headers
• Using anti-spam checks to label messages

Spam Control Using MIMEDefang and SpamAssassin:

• Introduction to MIMEDefang and SpamAssassin
• Understanding sendmail's Mail fILTER (MILTER) API
• Filtering attachments with MIMEDefang
• Filtering spam with SpamAssassin

Three day "Advanced Topics In Sendmail" course Fees: $2,300

Fees include the seminar, seminar notes, lunch, and refreshments.

For more information call 530-210-1101 or send email to info@harker.com

Class Dates and Cost

Course Description

Attendance is limited and payment must be received in advance.