Sendmail only handles smtp (port 25 tcp). SMTP is a mail transport protocol - it moves mail from one site to another site across the internet. Sendmail has nothing to do with POP or IMAP.
Once mail is delivered to the proper server, it is stored in a mail spool for the local user - generally /var/spool/mail/<username>. SMTP servers like sendmail only put mail *into* the spool. To get the mail out of the spool, you need to login to a postal service on the server. POP is a post office protocol (port 110 tcp). A simple POPd (and IMAPd) can be found in the University of Washington's IMAP package. This is the default used by Red Hat. Unlike Sendmail, the POPd is not run as a stand alone daemon. POPd is generally run out of inetd or xinetd. When you install the IMAP package from Red Hat, it will automatically add the proper xinetd activation file. You will have to go into the /etc/xinetd directory and edit that file to turn on POP. After that, you will have to run the xinetd service. This particular POP daemon works great and can handle quite a load with very limited resources. I hope this helps - Jon Carnes === On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 10:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good email server for linux, or a good step by step for >configuring sendmail to handle pop3? > > Thanks, > Mark > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
