On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 06:50:49PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > 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 Can I send my dog to you for training? A
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