Re: exim4

[Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>]

You're mixing two levels of handling here.

Exim is a mail transfers agent. It handles only the smtp protocol (and 
encripted friends). It basically acts as the post office. It recieves your 
envelope and delivers it to the specified mail box. If also acts as the 
mailbox for this purpose. It's only job is to transfer mail from point A to 
point B.

pop3, imap and webmail are readers, not mail transporters.

pop3 is basically the household dog that fetches the mail for you from your 
mailbox so that you can read it. It only handles the mailbox to your house 
part (and not the other way). Nothing to do with transporting mail.

Imap is a smart dog with a xerox machine. It goes to the mailbox, makes writes 
down what mail you have and tells you. You then tell it what mail you 
actually want to read and it runs over to the mailbox again and makes a copy. 
You then tell it what mail it's ok to pee on and what mail you want to leave 
around.

webmail is somewhat like having your dog hold up the mail for you near the 
mailbox and you looking at it through binoculars.

Thats about it, hope I didn't lose you along the way


On Thursday 11 January 2007 11:14, Andrew Critchlow wrote:
> Hello all, I'm busy finding out and setting up exim4 on debian. I just had
> a few questions:
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> Does exim4 not accept any client connections such as pop3/imap/web
> interface or do you have to install 3rd part applications for this
> functionality?
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> I am busy learning exim4 for a competition where I may get asked common
> configuration tasks, does anyone know of the common configuration tasks?
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> thanks
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> Andrew.
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