Joel Reicher writes: > > I read recently in one of the popular network books which read > > "Unlike POP3, IMAP can also accept outgoing e-mail for shipment to the > > destination as well as deliver incoming e-mail." > > > > Is this really true? > > I think it's a slightly ambiguous statement. As you observe, IMAP can be > used to "upload" messages to the server, and while I've never heard of the > following being done it is theoretically possible for the server to > interpret an upload area (folder) as a drop-off point for messages which > are to be "shipped out" by SMTP.
I should have looked before I spoke. It seems like Courier offers exactly this, but I stand by my judgement that it's not natural. http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html#imapsend Cheers, - Joel _______________________________________________ Imap-uw mailing list [email protected] http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw
