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/