Thanks Joel. I think I got clarified on the issue. Though as you say Courier supporting would not make it a natural option in IMAP one would think.
Thanks Dister On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Joel Reicher <[email protected]<joel%[email protected]> > wrote: > 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 >
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