On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 06:27:12PM +0200 or thereabouts, 'Martin F Krafft' wrote: > also sprach Rino Mardo (on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:50:07PM +0800): > > i've heard people talk about how IMAP and how IMAP works even with the > > broken POP3 of exchange. would IMAP be a better alternative to > > fetchmail? > > you still need fetchmail unless you are fine with only using IMAP mail > while connected. > > > just how do you send an ETRN? is that the command itself? > > man fetchmail. > i see it is like using "proto POP3" replacing POP3 with the keyword ETRN. ok. > do you know your way well with the ideas underlying POP3, IMAP, and > SMTP, and do you know the differences between MTA, MDA, and MUA? > mta, mda, mua yes. but the ideas underlying pop3, imap, and smtp i'm still trying to get a grasp of. that's why i asked in a separate thread how to get the rfc's of each via email since i only i have email access. -- "In is out and out is in. But out is out and in is in." -- Pumbaa
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