Er, sorry. I see this has already been answered much more politely by
Jeremy.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brendan Cully <brendan>
To: Fairlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Mutt Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: How can I use outgoing mail server not local host?
> On Thursday, 09 September 1999 at 00:51, Fairlight wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > It does not exist, because implementing these things in Mutt would
require
> > > making Mutt a minimalist MTA, and Mutt is not an MTA, it is an MUA.
Better
> > > to leave this functinality in another (user specified) program.
> >
> > Erm....two comments, diametrically opposed:
> >
> > 1) That philosophy is a good one, but implimenting POP3 and IMAP flies
in
> > the face of it, making Mutt a minimalist MDA, in addition to an MUA.
> > Not a complaint, but an observation. Technically, either both should
> > be supported minimally, or neither, IMHO.
>
> IMAP is *NOT* POP! IMAP is *NOT* a mail delivery protocol. It is for
> MUAs. In fact, support for *IMAP* in fetchmail is what is vaguely
> inappropriate. I hear this a lot from people who think IMAP is another
> way to spell POP, and it's not true.
>
> http://www.imap.org/imap.vs.pop.brief.html
>
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