On Thu, 9 Oct 2014 18:35:22 +1300 Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:41:06PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > Even fetchmail connects to the MTA on its own host by SMTP. > > How have you got yours configured? fetchmail connects using the pop3 > protocol in my configuration. > Yes, and it then passes on the mail to the system MTA using SMTP, by default. It doesn't have to, it can also use sockets. To move the mail to another machine, particularly a non-*nix one, it's easiest to stick with SMTP. If you're mixing directly-received email with POP-collected email, again SMTP is the simplest interface, all incoming email will be processed in the same way. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141009100059.6a420...@jresid.jretrading.com
