Just print all of the dovecot documentation from the website, 3-hole punch them, stick them in a 3-ring folder and voila, a Dovecot book that has pretty current information.
Kidding aside I find digital better in general as doing find is utterly important to me. When reading technical books in print I find myself thinking, "man, I wish I could do a ctrl-f" while I page thru, skim, check the index, check the TOC, etc. -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces+jkrejci=usinternet....@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces+jkrejci=usinternet....@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:24 AM To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] A dovecot book ? On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:57:35 +0100 Carsten Laun-De Lellis <carsten.delel...@delellis.net> articulated: > Am 03.03.2010 11:39, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > > Carsten Laun-De Lellis put forth on 3/3/2010 4:09 AM: > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> I am using dovecot at home for privat use and i found a lot of > >> documentation here on the web. But you know, i am an old fashion > >> guy and i like books. Is there a book on the market that will help > >> me with understanding dovecot more and the configuration options ? > >> > > This book apparently covers some of Dovecot: > > http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Open-Source-Mail-Enterprise/dp/159059598X > > > > It's geared toward building a complete mail server solution, so > > it's not dedicated to Dovecot. How much of Dovecot it covers I > > don't know, as I've not read it. > > > > It was apparently published in Sept 2006, 3.5 years ago. Standard > > caution applies: some/much of the technical information may now be > > incorrect as things have changed in the software over the 4+ year > > period since the author put pen to paper, so to speak. > > > > This is the most recent book I could find that covers a little bit > > of Dovecot. There doesn't appear to be a "Book of Dovecot". > > Dovecot is covered a bit in The Book of Postfix, but it was > > published in 2005, so it will be even farther out of date. > > > > The book linked above may be worth the read for general > > architectural setup. > > > > > Thank you for your quick reply. I already have two postfix books one > published in 2007 another one in 2009. Both covers dovecot in > examples how to set up a mail server for enterprises, but this is not > what i am looking for. I am looking for an equivalent to the courier > and cyrus books on the market. > > But again thank you for your reply. > > Regards, > Carsten > A while ago, I expressed an interest in writing a book about Dovecot; something along the "Dovecot for Dummies" scenario. I have switched jobs, and am attempting to relocate so I have not had a lot of time to invest in the venture. Hopefully, within the next year I will get back to the project. That doesn't help you much, but it might someday assist someone else. Personally, I always enjoy reading from a book more than from a web page. Just my own preference though. -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | One of the signs of Napoleon's greatness is the fact that he once had a publisher shot. Siegfried Unseld