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Date:      Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:41:52 -0500
From:      mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
To:        Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which is the best pop3 server?
Message-ID:  <20020302114152.A82122@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <02030218253905.03516@heinz>; from znerd@freebsd.org on Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 06:25:39PM %2B0100
References:  <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEGKCJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <20020302161622.GA46373@student.uu.se> <02030218253905.03516@heinz>

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On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 06:25:39PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > > In reviewing the questions archive for pop3 servers these 3 are
> > > talked about the most. Qpopper, fetchmail, getmail.
> >
> > I don't know about the others but fetchmail is most certainly not a
> > pop3 server. It is a program to fetch mail from a pop3/imap server.
> 
> /me nods
> 
> And I don't see qmail in this picture. Should not it be in there as well? And 
> what about postfix. IIRC, both are well-known mail servers.
> 
> Ernst

They're well known MTAs. I don't believe either has pop3 functionality.

A quick search of the ports collection reveals several pop3 servers.

cd /usr/ports/mail && make search key=pop3

mike
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