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Date:      Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:17:44 -0500
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        druida <druid@eoe-magical.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: some body want to debug my mail server for some $
Message-ID:  <3.0.6.32.19990313191744.007b0d70@istar.ca>
In-Reply-To: <36EA98D7.533D2E7C@eoe-magical.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903131840310.33446-100000@techpower.net>

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At 04:56 PM 13/03/99 +0000, you wrote:

>I did not install the ports, however the sendmail daemon
>is running, why would that make a difference, according to
>the manual sendmail is a default install.

Because email is a 2 part process. The SMTP protocol (provided by sendmail)
lets you send e-mail, and the POP protocol (not provided by sendmail, but
by popper) allows you to retreive messages from your ISP's POP server.

Dru



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