Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:24:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: config for POP3 mail Message-ID: <20010614171915.G5238-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010614221359.02130750@mail.cz>
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If your MUA supports POP, then that will transfer mail from your mail server to your local machine. A dedicated MTA is not needed for this. The way I do it is use pine to check email on an IMAP server. I have filters setup on the mail server to filter my mail from freebsd-* appropriately. Pine then knows how to check the multiple mailboxes. I have also used /usr/ports/mail/fetchmail in the past to pull email off of a POP3 server, and deliver it locally. fetchmail is _very_ configurable, and works well for dialup connections. I guess it depends on your connection to your mail server as to what method you'll prefer. If you have a on-demand link, the fetchmail alternative might be the way to go. If you have a dedicated connection, using IMAP or POP right out of your MUA would save you the extra setup hassle. Joe Clarke On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Cynic wrote: > Hi there, > > coming from the NT world, I'm a bit baffled by the unix > distinction of MUA's / MTA's. So, if someone can kindly > confirm (or explain if I'm wrong) a few things, I'll be more > than happy. > > If I get this right, one can use a MUA (like mutt, pine, etc) > to read mail on their IMAP server, or in their local mailbox. > If one has a POP3 account, they'll need an MTA to deliver > mail from their POP3 server to their workstation (or, local > mailbox), where it can be read using an MUA. Same with > sending mail -- if you have an IMAP account, you're off with > just an MUA, but need an MTA with a POP3 one. > > Right or wrong? :) > > I'm ignoring the setup of the server, here, the frebsd machine > is just a workstation, where I want to be able to handle my > email just like in windoze. > > Basically, I would very much welcome a link to an explanation > of this stuff for a win32 user. Seems like this is an area > where the terms I'm used to don't translate easily. (what the > heck is multidrop? :) I guess this confusion mostly comes from > the fact that while win32 mail software uses the kitchen-sink > approach (one app fetches, sends, views, filters into folders, > and notices you of new mail), unices make mail no exception to > their set-of-specialized-tools attitude. > > Also, if you can recommend a setup... I recieve ~200 messages > a day mainly from several busy mailing lists. Seems like I could > use e. g. getmail to fetch email and sort it into folders upon > retrieval, right? > > TIA > > > cynic@mail.cz > ------------- > And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files > were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. > - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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