On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 21:12 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
On 11/10/11 4:48 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
You don't mention a mail store [IMAP Server]? Such as Cyrus IMAP.
Something for Postfix to deliver the mail too.
Mail store != imap server. Mail store = structure for mboxes/maildirs.
indeed, reader protocol servers like imap, pop3, are a seperate category from the traditional MTA, MDA, MUA triad. in a sense, they are a MUA proxy or service, but they aren't the MUA, thats the client application (Thunderbird, etc). In spite of some claims to the contrary[1], they aren't the MDA, thats something like procmail which the MTA uses to deliver the mail to a mailbox.
[1] first google hit on related keywords claimed imap/pop were part of the MDA.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Mail_Transfer_Protocol
Craig