On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> -postfidx > -dovecot > -postfixadmin (web interface) > -roundcube > -spamassassin > -clamv > > btw i have a question in my mind . postfix is mail server. but the > question raising in my mind if postfix is the complete server then why > we have to add several other tools like mentioned above > (dovecot,spamassassin etc) ? Postfix (and sendmail and it's ilk) are actually known as Mail Tranport Agents (MTAs). They are responsible for getting the mail from point A to point B. The other pieces are responsible for routing the mail locally (the mail user agent -- MUA), classifying and eliminating SPAM, etc. Think of the MTA as the airport. The MTA's responsibility is only to get you from one airport to the other, you (or the MUA) are responsible for getting from home (composing the message) to the originating airport, and from the destination airport to your final destination. Make more sense? --b -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cakmzw+y17gyzeffghrbzx8mokfy0s5wtd1fkxpidymmpmnu...@mail.gmail.com
