Nathan Eady wrote: > Bernd Wurst <[email protected]> writes: > > >> A MTA submits messages from one host to another. The MDA delivers a >> message to a specified recipient's mailbox. The MUA allows the user >> to read and write mail. So I think an IMAP/POP-server can not be >> classified with those keywords. >> > > I think traditionally it would be classified as (part of) an MTA, > because certain old and very well-known software conflates the SMTP > service and the POP3 service by having used the same big fat binary > to offer both services. > > Even Courier can do both; it just uses separate components to do them. > Come to think of it, I can't even think of an MTA that doesn't come > with a POP3-server component.
No, I think the MDA and MTA are separate components that are frequently bundled together. Kind of like web browsers and operating systems. Just because the web browser usually comes with the OS, that doesn't make it part of the OS (no matter what MS claims). -- Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
