From: Varun (varun_saarediffmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 02 2005 - 22:14:21 CDT

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Robert Becker Cope wrote:

>owner-postfix-userspostfix.org wrote on 10/02/2005 10:39:24 AM:
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>>What does then courier-imap do then ?
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>I'm sure this has been answered, but I'll go ahead and answer it again,
>just in case.
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>Postfix is an MTA. It is responsible for accepting mail from other MTAs
>and delivering it to another MTA, a maildir mailbox, or wherever it has
>been configured to deliver it. In your case, it sounds like you are
>delivering it to procmail, which is then delivering (in the normal case,
>at least) to your mailbox, which is stored in maildir format.
>
>Assuming that part works, mail is now in your mailbox, so you will want to
>be able to read it. Generally, you will use a POP or IMAP client to do
>this, such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Squirrelmail, or whatever; there is
>practically an infinite supply of mail clients. Neither postfix nor
>procmail understand the POP and IMAP protocols; that is not their role in
>the mail system. So, you need another piece of software that does. This is
>where courier-imap fits in. It provides POP and IMAP access to maildir
>formatted mailboxes.
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>Hopefully this makes sense to you,
>
>robert
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>Thanks Robert,
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It was basically mail client that part that was
not perfectly clear.
I was thinking that delivery to mailbox was
enough.

Varun

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