On 7/11/2023 2:54 AM, Slavko via mailop wrote:
Setup and get it working is not different than other services,
not more easy nor more hard, just different. It requires to learn
how to setup particular SW as in other services. What i see as
more hard with email is:
+ it is not one protocol (SMTP and IMAP/POP)
+ it is not one SMTP purpose (MTA/Submission)
+ terminology is not clear (how many terms eg. for return-path, relay, etc)
+ it is very flexible, choose proper topology is not easy without some
experiences
+ many roles, which one MTA can do
+ too many RFCs describing email, and some of them are not well cooperative
+ outdated or incomplete/wrong guides
+ lack of (open source) tools to work with eg. MIME mails
In case this helps:
RFC 5598: Internet Mail Architecture
🔗 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5598
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5598>
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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