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plu:before_you_start [2014/01/27 11:07]
gunn [MUA]
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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:
  
-nbsmtp , smail, nullmailer, exim4-daemon-heavy,​ masqmail, courier-mta,​ msmtp-mta , esmtp-run, ssmtp, sendmail-bin,​ xmail, postfix, exim4-daemon-light.+nbsmtp , smail, nullmailer, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light, masqmail, courier-mta,​ msmtp-mta , esmtp-run, ssmtp, sendmail-bin,​ xmail, postfix.
  
 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]]
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