[CLUE-Tech] A real MTA

[dan radom]

* Sean LeBlanc (seanleblanc at americanisp.net) wrote:
> On 09-21 12:11, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> > You might try exim or postfix.  I haven't tried using either one yet but 
> > their websites might have enough info to get you started.  Or you buy 
> > books on both programs.
> 
> I was starting down the postfix path, actually, but didn't want to skew
> things towards that. Since you mention it though... :)
> 
> I started reading the config info for postfix on the site, then got hung up
> on trying to figure out how mail gets delivered to my box. Does it rely on
> other utilities in situations like these (reading remote POP3 boxes)? I
> probably just need to do some RTFM'ing, but have not found relevant data
> (yet).
> 

grabbing email via pop3 or imap is completely seperate from smtp.
Most smtpds like postfix, exim and sendmail can rely on other utilities
to actually deliver the mail (MDA) such as procmail or maildrop.

HTH

dan