Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:37:36 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: config for POP3 mail Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010614221359.02130750@mail.cz>
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Hi there, coming from the NT world, I'm a bit baffled by the unix distinction of MUA's / MTA's. So, if someone can kindly confirm (or explain if I'm wrong) a few things, I'll be more than happy. If I get this right, one can use a MUA (like mutt, pine, etc) to read mail on their IMAP server, or in their local mailbox. If one has a POP3 account, they'll need an MTA to deliver mail from their POP3 server to their workstation (or, local mailbox), where it can be read using an MUA. Same with sending mail -- if you have an IMAP account, you're off with just an MUA, but need an MTA with a POP3 one. Right or wrong? :) I'm ignoring the setup of the server, here, the frebsd machine is just a workstation, where I want to be able to handle my email just like in windoze. Basically, I would very much welcome a link to an explanation of this stuff for a win32 user. Seems like this is an area where the terms I'm used to don't translate easily. (what the heck is multidrop? :) I guess this confusion mostly comes from the fact that while win32 mail software uses the kitchen-sink approach (one app fetches, sends, views, filters into folders, and notices you of new mail), unices make mail no exception to their set-of-specialized-tools attitude. Also, if you can recommend a setup... I recieve ~200 messages a day mainly from several busy mailing lists. Seems like I could use e. g. getmail to fetch email and sort it into folders upon retrieval, right? TIA cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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