Apple 10.6 Server User Manual


 
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This guide provides a starting point for administering Mail
Service using its advanced administration tools. It contains
information about conguring Mail Service using Server
Admin.
Mail Service Administration might not be the only guide you need when administering
Mail Service, but it gives you the basics beyond initial Mac OS X Server conguration.
What’s in This Guide
This guide includes the following sections:
Chapter  1, “Understanding Mail Service,” gives an overview of the components of
the Mac OS X Server Mail service.
Chapter  2, “Mail Service Setup,” includes everything you need to set up and
congure Mail service and to support and congure mail users.
Chapter  3, “Mail Service Advanced Conguration,” builds on the basic setup
instructions to help you ne tune your mail server, especially concerning security
settings and data storage.
Chapter  4, “Monitoring and Maintaining Mail Service,” includes information for
ongoing mail server maintenance and administration.
Chapter  5, “ Troubleshooting Mail Service,” helps you to resolve some of the most
common issues that may arise with Mail service.
Appendix  A, “Command-Line Parameters for the serveradmin Tool and Default Mail
Service Settings,” shows the default state of the settings you can congure from the
command line.
Appendix  B, “Sample Sieve Scripts,” provides examples of sieve scripts.
Note: Because Apple periodically releases new versions and updates to its software,
images shown in this book may be dierent from what you see on your screen.
Preface
About This Guide