On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 03:57:21PM +0100, Jochen Staerk wrote: > I know that POP&IMAP are used for fetching mail, and SMTP is used for > sending mail, what bothers me is the question: what protocol is used for > moving mail, like from folder A to folder B? I suppose that is still IMAP?
Yes, the client uses the IMAP protocol to move mails from one folder to another folder. > > Another thing, how do "sent" folders work? When I send mail, that goes > to my postfix. I understand there is something called LMTP in postfix > for local delivery, that hooks up with cyrus. When I send a mail, does > LMTP inform cyrus that this mail also belongs in my "sent" folder? > > I've used UW IMAP before, and there was no such thing as LMTP, was SMTP > used for this situation, then? How does mail get delivered to cyrus, is > cyrus listening to a SMTP-port (a LMTP-Port?) for Postfix to connect to, > does Postfix connect with some special IMAP commands or does postfix > just place some files in some folders? > > How comes theses files can have a different format from that used with > UW IMAP (standard Unix MBOX), then? No, no... postfix has nothing to do with your sent ( or sent-mail ) folder. This folder is managed by your mail client. When you send a mail, your client makes a copy of your mail an save it in the folder, which is configured to hold your sent mails. This has nothing to do with cyrus, uw-imap or postfix. Regards.... Konrad -- Konrad Mauz Rechenzentrum Fachhochschule Braunegger-Strasse 55, D 78462 Konstanz e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: +49(0)7531-206-472 --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
