211.1 - Using e-mail servers

Weight: 4

Description: Candidates should be able to manage an e-mail server, including the configuration of e-mail aliases, e-mail quotas and virtual e-mail domains. This objective includes configuring internal e-mail relays and monitoring e-mail servers.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configuration files for postfix
• Basic TLS configuration for postfix
• Basic knowledge of the SMTP protocol
• Awareness of sendmail and exim

Terms and Utilities:

• Configuration files and commands for postfix
• /etc/postfix/
• /var/spool/postfix/
• sendmail emulation layer commands
• /etc/aliases
• mail-related logs in /var/log/