Consulting djbware Publications

s/qmail Documentation

We consider at first the layout of s/qmail according to the 'Big Picture':

Figure: The s/qmail 'Big Picture (2)' (available as PDF)

Man pages are available for the individual moduls and main components of s/qmail.

Chapters

Individual topics can be found in the following chapters:

  1. s/qmail ids and limitations
  2. s/qmail file system usage (updated for s/qmail 4.3)
  3. Server Setup (done; including systemd; updated for s/qmail 4.1)
  4. Recipients Verification (updated)
  5. Authentication & Authorization (done; including SPF & SRS; updated - now including DKIM)
  6. Transport Layer Security (done; updated for s/qmail 4.1)
  7. Malware Prevention (done; updated for s/qmail 4.1)
  8. Local Delivery, Injection, and Forwarding (done and updated)
  9. Remote Delivery (done; updated for s/qmail 4.1)
  10. QMQ (to be done)
  11. Multi-tenancy (incomplete)
  12. Logging (done; updated for s/qmail 4.3)
  13. Maintenance & Diagnostics (enhanced; updated for s/qmail 4.1)
  14. Interface compatibility with other MTAs: Sendmail, Exim (tbd)

Other points of interest:

If you miss DJB's daemontools man pages, here they are: daemontool's man pages.