Hello, Le 17/06/2020 à 09:12, David Leangen a écrit : > Hello! > > When writing the docs, I came to understand that what we mean by “Mail > Server” is not very clear to me. > > There is “SMTP Server” (which is a “Mail Server”). > > There is “POP Server” (which is a “Mail Server”). > > There is “IMAP Server” (which is a “Mail Server”). > > There may be other “things” that can be called a “Mail Server”. (If you think > of one, please let me know!) > > > So is our definition of “Mail Server” something like this? > Mail Server: a server that is comprised of at least one of: SMTP Server, POP Server, IMAP Server.
Somehow. Let me give a try at generifying this: A mail server is a software whose responsibility is storing, transferring or processing emails. SMTP servers, POP3 servers, IMAP servers and JMAP servers fall into this category. Cheers, Benoit > > > > Cheers, > =David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
