Install paclink-unix
- Configure a single MTA
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| ====== Before You Begin Some Background ====== | ====== Before You Begin Some Background ====== | ||
| ===== MTA ===== | ===== MTA ===== | ||
| - | * MTA: Mail Transfer agent | + | * [[http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/MailConcept | MTA]]: Mail Transfer agent |
| While I have installed & config'ed sendmail, the package, I think it is easier to config [[http://www.postfix.org/ | postfix]] for the MTA. There is usually some confusion over **sendmail**. There is [[wp>sendmail]] the package & sendmail the program which can be found in any of these Debian packages: | While I have installed & config'ed sendmail, the package, I think it is easier to config [[http://www.postfix.org/ | postfix]] for the MTA. There is usually some confusion over **sendmail**. There is [[wp>sendmail]] the package & sendmail the program which can be found in any of these Debian packages: | ||
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| Background on the default MTA debate for Debian can be found [[https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/DefaultMTA | here]] | Background on the default MTA debate for Debian can be found [[https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/DefaultMTA | here]] | ||
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| ===== MUA ===== | ===== MUA ===== | ||
| - | * MUA: Mail user agent | + | * [[http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/MailConcept | MUA]]: Mail user agent |
| You do **not** need to install an imap or pop3 server to get paclink-unix to work. For your initial install I advise against doing this. After you have confirmed that paclink-unix is working with just an MTA, only then would I embark on configuring an imap or pop3 server. Why would you want an imap or pop3 server? One of the ways I use paclink-unix is from my Android Nexus tablet I use the Android K-9 Mail program config'ed to use imap & invoke the wl2k transport programs via a web interface. That code is in the paclink-unix cvs tree under webapp. So the short answer is that you can support more mail clients with an imap/pop3 interface than a movemail interface. Mail clients that support the movemail interface include Thunderbird, mutt & most webmail clients such as [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/neomail/ | neomail]] | You do **not** need to install an imap or pop3 server to get paclink-unix to work. For your initial install I advise against doing this. After you have confirmed that paclink-unix is working with just an MTA, only then would I embark on configuring an imap or pop3 server. Why would you want an imap or pop3 server? One of the ways I use paclink-unix is from my Android Nexus tablet I use the Android K-9 Mail program config'ed to use imap & invoke the wl2k transport programs via a web interface. That code is in the paclink-unix cvs tree under webapp. So the short answer is that you can support more mail clients with an imap/pop3 interface than a movemail interface. Mail clients that support the movemail interface include Thunderbird, mutt & most webmail clients such as [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/neomail/ | neomail]] | ||
