On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:48:00AM -0700, Neal McBurnett wrote: > Here (finally :-) for your review are some proposals for new ubotu > factoids for use in #ubuntu-server, as promissed in the server > roadmap.
W00t! Thanks for looking into this! > * mta is an abbreviation for Mail Transfer Agent. postfix is the > default MTA for Ubuntu, and exim is also officially supported. See > also "mua" and "mda". I think it would be useful to have this one specify how it differs from an mda. (i.e. the prime purpose of an MTA is to take your mail and send it elsewhere, while the mda's prime purpose is to deliver local mail (and possibly filter into different mailboxes)). > * mda is an abbreviation for Mail Delivery Agent. dovecot is the > default MDA for Ubuntu, and it can deliver mail via imap and pop. I don't believe this is correct. The MDA is the compontent that delivers mail to the local users (i.e. takes the mail from the smtp server and shoves it into mbox, Maildir or whatever). Dovecot does indeed include an mda, but it's separate from its imap and pop capabilites. Postfix works as a simple mda (this is our default), but can be told to use procmail or dovecot-lda (or whatever it's called nowadays). I wouldn't mind if dovecot's lda was our default mda, though. It takes care of updating dovecot's indices when the mail is actually delivered rather than at some random time later when dovecot feels like it. > There are a few more on the roadmap but this is a good start. It looks great. I wouldn't mind if you just added them. Changing them after the fact is a lightweight process, afaik. -- Soren Hansen Ubuntu Server Team http://www.ubuntu.com/
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