Re: [expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But....

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> 
> > Umm...POP3 is for DOWNLOADING/receiving your mail and SMTP is for
> > SENDING your mail. Two toally different things. You *must* have both.
> > Now, one machine can do both jobs.
> >     John
> 
> Actually, the pop3 server is in the IMAP package. You have two ways to
> retrieve your mail. Imap lets you read your mail directly on the server
> and store your messages there (you can create folders), while POP3 only
> supports downloading.
> 
> So when you install the imap package, you get both.
> 
Understood. However the question was whether or not he
needed pop3 AND SMTP. :-)
        John