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
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