From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 30 21:54:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC24106568B; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:54:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790648FC08; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAULrX6k087711; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:53:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:54:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:54:04 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Bruce Cran Message-ID: <20091130215403.GA94638@thought.org> References: <1259283983.92302.23.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <20091127030601.CAB2C1CC0E@ptavv.es.net> <20091127055757.GA75657@thought.org> <20091127083304.GA8618@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20091129193018.GA87743@thought.org> <20091129194728.00007891@unknown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091129194728.00007891@unknown> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:00:25 +0000 Cc: Roland Smith , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE completed... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:54:11 -0000 On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 07:47:28PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:30:18 -0800 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > { One far, far OT question here: who can explain what dovecot > > is/does? why it even exists? I'm familiar with MTA's, like > > sendmail; likewise with MUA's, like evo, kmail, and mutt. > > It's time to learn another level of complexity, evidently....} > > Dovecot is an IMAP/POP3 server - sendmail lets you send mail, dovecot > lets you fetch it from a remote server. > Well, I gotta fess up and admit that I've been living in the past century for a long time! Weren't these IMAP/POP servers originally for people to use their FreeBSD computers at home from their university [or work] accounts? I had an IP from work for several years, then set up sendmail to deliver mail to my individual machines. i really have let things slide since I went back to school; now it's time to get back on track. For the past two years I've relied on one guy ... and until I am back up to par, if he should get hit by a bus, I'm up the creek. --Thus all these recent questions... . > -- > Bruce Cran -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php