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==Notice==

Currently, this exam is not in development.

==Introduction==
The description of the entire [[LPIC-3]] program is listed [[LPIC-3|here]].

LPI is just getting underway in the development of the next LPIC-3 Enterprise exam.  This exam will cover Mail and Messaging Services.

The main milestones to be achieved are:

# Consult with industry, partners and communities on requirements
# Create draft objectives
# Perform a JTA (Job Task Analysis) survey to determine objective weighting
# Develop exam content (aka exam items)
# Have a 305 Beta exam period for public feedback and testing
# Evaluation JTA and Beta exam results
# Launch final 305 exam

We are commencing this milestone 1 as described above and would like to have the final exam launch in 2011. 
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==How To Add to This Discussion==

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==Want to Be a Subject Matter Expert for this exam???==

Please contact G. Matthew Rice [[mailto:mrice@lpi.org]] or speak up on the mailing list.

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==Topics to Be Considered for Coverage==

This is a brief (not exclusive nor inclusive) list of topics under consideration:

Mail Services

* E-mail Concepts and Troubleshooting
* MTA (Postfix and/or Sendmail and/or Exim)
* IMAP/POP services (courier and/or dovecot and/or uw-imap)
* Virus scanning (Amavis)
* Spam filtering (SpamAssasin)
* MUA (Mail User Agents aka e-mail clients)
* Secure POP, IMAP, SMTP (setting up certificates, configuration)
* Integration with LDAP and/or MySQL
* greylisting
* blacklisting and RBLs

Messaging Services

* Messaging Servers (OpenFire and/or Jabberd)
* Messaging clients (Pidgin, Kopete)
* Messaging protocols (XMPP)
* Integration with LDAP and/or MySQL
* IRC clients and servers (maybe)

==The Minimally Qualified Candidate for This Exam==

This is a description of a Linux professional that is just barely
qualified to pass the LPI Level 3 Linux exams.  This hypothetical person
is called the Minimally Qualified Candidate (MQC).  Standards on the
Level 3 exams should be set so that this person (and anyone more able)
would pass but anyone less able would not pass.

An LPI certified Level 3 Linux professional (designated LPIC-3) should
have the technical capability to perform system administration at the
enterprise level.  A [[LPIC-3]] certification holder should be able to understand, plan roll-outs,
install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot the technologies being
tested.  These technologies differ for each exam but the level of ability
is at an enterprise level.

The LPIC-3 MQC typically (Yes, some of these bullets are specific to particular exams in the LPIC-3 series):

* Has installed and maintained Linux on a number of computers for various purposes for a number of years.
* Has integration experience with diverse technologies and operating systems.
* Has professional experience as, or training for, an enterprise level Linux professional.  (Including having experience as a part of another role.)
* Is comfortable with advanced and enterprise levels of Linux administration including installation, management, security, troubleshooting and maintenance.
* Is able to use opensource tools to measure capacity planning and troubleshooting resource problems.
* Is able create scripts in Bash or Perl or has knowledge of at least one system programming language (such as C).
* Is able to plan, architecture, design, build and implement a full environment using E-mail and Messaging services as well as measure the capacity planning and security of the services.


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