Am 31.03.2014 02:35, schrieb Shawn Zaidermann: > The way I had assumed it earlier was the client authenticates via 993 > (dovecot IMAP in our case), crafts an email > to another user and this email is delivered instantly via lmtp (in our case, > dovecot LDA), but now I see that in > reality, the client sends the email via the smtp port instead making a direct > connection with the mail server. Its > still secure but the other way sounds more secure.
that explains why your posts sounded that weird please do yourself a favour and read some basics about how e-mail works * IMAP/POP3 -> receive messages * SMTP -> send messages * LMTP -> LDA IMAP is *your account* and the only messages which are going through IMAP to the server are sent messages or via IMAP append but they will *never* face LMTP or go to a different user (IMAP append: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_delivery_agent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_client
