From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 30 4: 2:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from blues.ghis.net (pppc2-58.eisa.net.au [203.166.251.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 907A0154AF for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 04:01:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@blues.ghis.net) Received: (from jim@localhost) by blues.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA30030; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:00:47 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:00:44 +1000 From: Jim Mock To: Peter Kok Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: mail software Message-ID: <19990630210044.E29857@blues.ghis.net> Reply-To: jim@blues.ghis.net References: <3779FB09.FBD9C874@sweda.com.hk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.3i In-Reply-To: <3779FB09.FBD9C874@sweda.com.hk> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 at 19:10:01 +0800, Peter Kok wrote: > Hello all > > I read many mails from freebsd-questions and i am so confused about > mail software Well.. it depends what you're looking for.. pop mail server, SMTP server, mail client, etc. You've got one of each listed below, so we'll need to know specifically what you're trying to accomplish. > eg: > sendmail This is an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent). It does SMTP. > qpopper This is a pop3 mail daemon. > mutt This is a MUA (Mail User Agent). In other words, it's a mail client.. something you read your email with. > which mail software is the best? As I said earlier, it depends what you're looking for. All do different things. Later, -- - Jim Mock - jim@blues.ghis.net - systems administrator - ghis.NET - - work: http://www.ghis.net/ - personal: http://www.ghis.net/~jim/ - - FreeBSD 'zine: http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - - FreeBSD: http://advocacy.freebsd.org/ - jim@advocacy.FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message