Christian PERRIER wrote:
> For me, Dovecot is a mail "distribution" server. This is indeed how we
> call it, in my workplace (where the incoming/outbound SMTP server is
> separated fromthe "end-user" mail server.
>
> However, that term of "distribution" is a bit ambiguous for sysadmins.
>
> My problem with "mail system" is that Dovecot does not offer all mail
> funtionalities, not being able to send/receive mail to/from other
> systems, so calling it "mail system" might be misleading.
And "distribution" to me mainly implies "dispatching" (as in a
snailmail "distribution centre"). Wracking my brains...
* "mailbox server";
* "inbound mail server" (an inbound server?);
* "mail access server" (sounds like IMAP-only);
* "mail retrieval server" (sounds like POP3-only);
* "mail delivery server" (sounds like LMTP-only);
* just "IMAP/POP3(/LMTP) server"...
I can't decide which is least bad. Maybe "access"?
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JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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