Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

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Subject: Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?
From: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:33:48 -0400
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:11:59 -0400
Randy Kramer <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:

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>    * I'm fairly certain that the functionality of an MTA is 
> significantly more than just receiving mail via POP3 and sending it via 
> SMTP.

IIUC, MTAs don't generally do POP3; that's an MRA's job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_retrieval_agent

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