On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:27:11AM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > You need to install a POP3 or IMAP server that reads Unix mbox files from > /var/mail/username.
vi /etc/postfix/main.cf add: home_mailbox=Maildir/ restart postfix. Check for mail delivery (works!). And switch to courier-pop-ssl because it really is a better idea than courier-pop. > Basically, your mail system consists of an MTA (Mail transport agent: sendmail, > postfix, exim) which speaks SMTP and handles server -> server and client -> > server, a MDA (Mail Delivery Agent), which handles getting the mail into the > mailbox (usually included: sendmail uses mail.local, postfix uses local, > procmail is a common replacement for both of the above), and a MUA (Mail User > Agent: think mutt, pine, Outlook, Mozilla Mail). You can think of the POP and > IMAP servers as an extension of the MUA. This was helpful, thanks! emma -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
