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Summary: Well written, thorough, accurate and readable
Review: . . . a very challenging combination. I recommend this for everyone developing an e-mail application. Every standard that it covers is done in a thorough fashion. It is much more readable and comprehensible than the RFCs themselves, but no less accurate. The author obviously speaks from experience when writing about specific traps, and how the protocols are used in the real world.
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Summary: Well written, thorough, accurate and readable
Review: . . . a very challenging combination. I recommend this for everyone developing an e-mail application. Every standard that it covers is done in a thorough fashion. It is much more readable and comprehensible than the RFCs themselves, but no less accurate. The author obviously speaks from experience when writing about specific traps, and how the protocols are used in the real world.
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Summary: Good info, but poorly organized
Review: I found this book to be informative, but confusingly written. The author also makes assumptions on the reader's knowledge which people already not familar with programming e-mail apps will find annoying. Not for the beginner.
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Summary: e-mail
Review: it will be helpful for email-programmer
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Summary: a long-needed in-depth text on email protocols
Review: Kevin Johnson's new book fills a longstanding gap in Internet texts -- a comprehensive pedagogical description of the various email protocols (RFC 822, MIME, SMTP, POP, IMAP) and technologies (filtering, mailing lists, security). I particularly liked the in-depth coverage of the IMAP protocol.Abundant examples appear throughout the book, along with practical observations and detailed explanations "why". This book is all you need if you want to understand the various email protocols, e.g. to analyze a transcript of a protocol negotiation session. If you're planning on writing software using these protocols, you'll need to read the standards documents for the precise "nuts and bolts" details; but if you read Kevin Johnson's book first, you'll have a much easier time at understanding the standards documents.
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Summary: A good reference if you program or administer email
Review: Programming and administering email applications can be a daunting task. There are so many standards and different approaches that it's difficult to understand the relationships between protocols, much less keep them straight. This book addresses that very problem by bringing these topics together into a single volume. It covers fields as mundane as the SMTP standard and other RFCs, everyday topics like mailing lists and email filtering, and recently popularized areas like authentication mechanisms and message security. With it's big picture view coupled with an attention to detail, this book is a must-read for anyone considering any kind of programming or administration related to email, whether they're just a novice or a grizzled programmer who's experienced it all.
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Summary: A good reference if you program or administer email
Review: Programming and administering email applications can be a daunting task. There are so many standards and different approaches that it's difficult to understand the relationships between protocols, much less keep them straight. This book addresses that very problem by bringing these topics together into a single volume. It covers fields as mundane as the SMTP standard and other RFCs, everyday topics like mailing lists and email filtering, and recently popularized areas like authentication mechanisms and message security. With it's big picture view coupled with an attention to detail, this book is a must-read for anyone considering any kind of programming or administration related to email, whether they're just a novice or a grizzled programmer who's experienced it all.
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Summary: The topic is dynamite
Review: Six months ago there were no books on how to program email using standard protocols. Now there are three! Kevin Johnson, John Rhoton and David Wood have all brought out excellent books on the subject. My only gripes with this book are that it leaves out in-depth explanations, scatters material through the chapters and contains too many errors. If your budget is tight just get Rhoton's book and a copy of the RFCs, but if you are serious about this stuff you are going to need all three books as well as all the mail RFCs.
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Summary: The topic is dynamite
Review: Six months ago there were no books on how to program email using standard protocols. Now there are three! Kevin Johnson, John Rhoton and David Wood have all brought out excellent books on the subject. My only gripes with this book are that it leaves out in-depth explanations, scatters material through the chapters and contains too many errors. If your budget is tight just get Rhoton's book and a copy of the RFCs, but if you are serious about this stuff you are going to need all three books as well as all the mail RFCs.
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Summary: Don't expect
Review: This book disappointed me. I hoped a good overview but this only just repeated the RFCs without value added. Anyway it is useful for an introduction if your expectations are low.
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