Re: mail server
actually i have spent 3 years working with Mailer daemon v7.0 so when
ever some one say a name "mail server" unintentionally mailer daemon
comes in my mind. this is my first time that i am implementing MTA on
linux.since i have just started to shift from Microsoft to Linux.
there is lot to learn.
but your individual help i have learn alot.
Thanks,
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Brad Alexander <storm16@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 3:53 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> -postfidx
>> -dovecot
>> -postfixadmin (web interface)
>> -roundcube
>> -spamassassin
>> -clamv
>>
>> btw i have a question in my mind . postfix is mail server. but the
>> question raising in my mind if postfix is the complete server then why
>> we have to add several other tools like mentioned above
>> (dovecot,spamassassin etc) ?
>
> Postfix (and sendmail and it's ilk) are actually known as Mail
> Tranport Agents (MTAs). They are responsible for getting the mail from
> point A to point B. The other pieces are responsible for routing the
> mail locally (the mail user agent -- MUA), classifying and eliminating
> SPAM, etc. Think of the MTA as the airport. The MTA's responsibility
> is only to get you from one airport to the other, you (or the MUA) are
> responsible for getting from home (composing the message) to the
> originating airport, and from the destination airport to your final
> destination.
>
> Make more sense?
> --b
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