Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 17:27:05 -0700 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "'Louis LeBlanc'" <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> Subject: RE: Setting up cyrus-imapd from the ports Message-ID: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0F3@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239014F559E@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Louis LeBlanc > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 5:08 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Setting up cyrus-imapd from the ports > > > On 09/30/01 06:33 PM, William Ward sat at the `puter and typed: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Marko Cuk wrote: > > > Do you use Postfix, sendmail, ... ?? > > > > I'm using sendmail. But that doesn't mean i know how to set it up. > > The mail delivery scheme goes something like this (I'm self taught so > don't expect this to be 100% accurate - corrections on my take would > be most welcome): > > MUA -> MTA -> MDA -> MUA > > Mail User Agent, Mail Transfer Agent, Mail Delivery Agent, and back to > Mail User Agent. > > An MUA is what you use to send and recieve mail, like Mutt, Netscape, > or MS LookOut. > > An MTA is used to transfer your message to the recipients' mail server > - the message will very likely go thru several MTAs before finding the > MDA. > > An MDA takes the message from an MTA and places it in a repository > from which an MUA can access it - often a POP or IMAP mailbox. > > The recipient will then use the MUA of their choice to read it. I have spent the past 3 days trying to configure a 4.4 box so it will collect my mail and allow me to get it via POP3. Thanks for your explaination. Now I think my problem might be that I don't have a MDA? I have successfully set up Postfix (I think) and it's replaced Sendmail. Next, I've installed Courier-IMAP from the ports but I don't know if it's running right or not. I only want to use the POP3d at this time but can forsee the need for IMAP later. So two questions: 1. Do I have a MUA in this configuration? 2. If I do, does it deliver in the maildir format? As you can tell, this is all *VERY* new to me. Any advice, links, RTFMs, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Drew [...] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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