SOLVED postfix incoming mail server HOWTO
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
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