From: "Marcelo Chiapparini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: exim+fetchmail Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:31:11 -0500 (EST)
> Hello! > > I am configuring the email in a potato box. I am connected to my ISP via > modem. I want to use exim+fetchmail+mutt. So far I have some questions, > and I wonder if someone in this fantastic > list can help me: > 4) why the MUAs programs (for example balsa or xfmail) don't need a MTA > for retrieve the > messages from the ISP (at last with pop3) but they need a MTA for sending > the emails (via smtp)? some MUAs can do SMTP and/or POP3. mutt can do pop3 but most people use fetchmail instead to do it.
