[CentOS] Postfix mail server procedure
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Fri Nov 11 05:12:12 UTC 2011
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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