[CentOS] Which pop3 server

Mon Nov 19 02:37:10 UTC 2007
Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>

On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 21:29 -0500, Miark wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:28:07 -0500, Miark wrote:
> 
> > What's the best package for a plain-jane pop3 server?
> 
> Thanks all for the feedback. qpopper and tpop3d are more in line
> with what I need, but in the interest of sticking with an RPM
> package, and one that's supported upstream, I went with Dovecot.
> 
> One more question while I'm on the subject of e-mail: is there
> a pop-before-smtp package, or should I do I need to grab it from
> sourceforge?
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I think that pop before smtp has lost some of it's lustre in favor of
simply installing authenticated sending using encrypted authentication,
configuration being much simpler than it used to be but of course,
depends upon whichever smtp server you are using.

Craig