Managing Messaging Systems -- Bellevue College -- ISIT-442

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to messaging and collaboration services for system administrators. Students will become familiar with popular messaging platforms and protocols such as POP3, IMAP, SMTP, and web services. Additional topics will include server virtualization, cloud services, system configuration, directory service configuration and deploying email clients.

Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Compare and contrast messaging service platforms
• Plan for, install, configure and manage popular messaging platforms and protocols
• Assess and select proper security measures to ensure high availability of message services
• Upgrade and optimize messaging services
• Troubleshoot messaging servers and services

Instructor:

Mohsen Banan

Class Mailing List:

Syllabus:

PLPC-120063 Access Page

Lecture Notes:

See 1

Lecture References:

See 2

Class Activities:

See 3

Software:

See 4

Assignments:

See 5

Prerequisites:

Lots Of Curiosity, Familiarity with Unix Command Line, Basics Of OSI, Virtualization Basics
(Admission into the program or permission of instructor.)

Grading:

Based on Assignments and Occasional Quizzes

Copying:

Entirely Libre-Halaal (Verbatim Copying Permitted), See 6

Contents

• 1  Lecture Notes
• 2  Lecture Refernces
• 3  Class Activities
• 4  Software
• 5  Assignments
  • 5.1  Messaging Related RFCs List And Structure – Access Page
  • 5.2  MailInjector.sh (Mail Submission and Injection) Major Assignment – Access Page
  • 5.3  Mail Processing Major Assignment – Access Page
  • 5.4  Mail System Transitions Major Assignment – Access Page
• 6  Copying

1  Lecture Notes

Course Overview – Access Page

PLPC-120048 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Messaging Medium – Ramifications On Autonomy, Privacy and Society

PLPC-120049 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

History Of Email

PLPC-120049 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Message Handeling Systems – Model And Terminology

PLPC-120049 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Overview Of Messaging Protocols

PLPC-120049 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Overview Of The Reference Implementation And Software Platform

Reference Implementation Overview: PLPC-120050 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Message Transfer Agent – Protocols and Software

Messaging Platform Foundations: PLPC-120051 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Qmail Preparations: PLPC-120052 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Qmail Installation And Operation: PLPC-120053 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Full Messaging Platform Preparations: PLPC-120054 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Sending: Message Submission (clinet/server) – Message Injection)

Message Submission And Message Sending: PLPC-120055 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Message Processing

Message Processing: PLPC-120056 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Spam Detection and Virus Inspection (on Delivery and on Submit)

Email Addresses And DNS

Mail User Agents – Software

Mail User Agents: PLPC-120057 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Mail Box Access – Protocols and Software

Resident MS User Agents And Resident MTA Sender

Web Based Mail User Agents

Mobile Messaging User Agents

Mail System Management Software

Scalability And Reliability

Scalability And Reliability: PLPC-120058 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Mail As A Services – In Public And Private Clouds

Mail As A Services – In Public And Private Clouds
And Other Miscellaneous Topics: PLPC-120060 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Mail System Transitions – Lift and Shift

Mail Transition Considerations:

PLPC-120061 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

Lessons Learned – Course Review

Course Review: PLPC-120059 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

2  Lecture Refernces

• ITU – X.400
• Life With Qmail
• RFC-822
• RFC-821

3  Class Activities

• Install VmPlayer
• Install BxPlatform VM Image From OVF file
• Login And Getting Started With BxPlatform
• Emacs Tutorial On BxPlatform
• Install Emacs On Windows
• Also Use Emacs On Windows
• Stop All Mail Services On BxPlatform
• BinsPrep on top of apt-get
• Start qmail MTA
• Adding and removing mail addresses and mboxes
• Analysis Of Bellevue College’s Mail System

4  Software

• VmPlayer
• Platform VM Image (OVF)
• Emacs
• Wireshark
• qmail plus qmail env
• djbdns
• mailfront

5  Assignments

5.1  Messaging Related RFCs List And Structure – Access Page

PLPC-120064 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

5.2  MailInjector.sh (Mail Submission and Injection) Major Assignment – Access Page

PLPC-120065 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

5.3  Mail Processing Major Assignment – Access Page

PLPC-120066 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

5.4  Mail System Transitions Major Assignment – Access Page

PLPC-120067 Access Page | Presentation Format (pdf) | Article Format (pdf)

6  Copying

Entirely Libre-Halaal. Verbatim Copying Permitted.