Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 20:33:53 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can postfix retrive mail from user ISP mailbox? Message-ID: <20020307193353.GA5743@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOKEPOCJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOKEPOCJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:05:36PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I read that sendmail can request mail retrieval from a ISP mail account. > > Can postfix do this? > Any MTA can do this with the SMTP protocol, if your ISP allows it (most don't). Possibilities are: - Your ISP will inititate SMTP connections to you to send mail. This is also not very common but my ISP actively supports it. - Your ISP when you connect to it with SMTP (as when sending mail) you can send an ETRN request. This asks the remote MTA to initiate a connection back to you to send any mail you have. Most ISP's won't let you do this either (mine won't) because there is a perceived security risk. Postfix (any MTA in fact) will handle this. That's for SMTP. For POP, IMAP .. I will leave the explanation to someone who uses it :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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