Re: newbie install
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On Monday, February 16 at 12:09 PM, quoth James Freer:
>Kyle
>
>> You mean procmail, not postfix, right? Procmail *APPEARS* easier, but
>> has some massive problems with error handling (see
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>No assuming Ubuntu Linux by Von Hagan is correct.
You said "I need to use postfix OR maildrop." (emphasis mine). That
suggests you believed them to be analogs. Even in your list here,
postfix is an MTA, maildrop is an MDA, so they're not analogs.
>examples [if i've learnt anything!]
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>MTA [mail transfer agent] - sendmail, postfix, qmail, exim, mstmp
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>MDA [mail delivery agent] - procmail, maildrop, qpopper, courier IMAP, cyrus
Strictly speaking, no, qpopper, courier IMAP, and cyrus IMAP are *not*
MDAs because they do not *deliver* email. They *serve* email, and
don't really fit into the usual email transfer categories
(MTA/MDA/MUA/MRA/MSA). See http://wiki.mutt.org/?MailConcept Now, they
may *proved* MDA features; I know dovecot IMAP has an MDA/LDA program,
and I think courier and cyrus come with one too, but I'm pretty sure
that qpopper doesn't.
Of course, now we're getting into pedantry, and kinda off track. :)
~Kyle
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