postfix

[Ben Scott]

On 8/29/07, Mark E. Mallett <mem at mv.mv.com> wrote:
> Then again, any software bundle can play different roles in the delivery
> of email, and there are a lot of blurry edges between the roles.

  Come now.  That's a reasonable, pragmatic view of the situation.
Clearly it has no place in this discussion!  ;-)

> For all these buzzwords, er, concepts, and more, you might find this:
>    http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-email-arch-09.txt
> to be enjoyable reading.

  Ah-ha!  By those terms, POP and IMAP would be protocols which
connect an MUA to an MS (Message Store) -- specifically, a srMS
(server, recipient, Message Store).  In the common case of clients
sucking mail off a server, the MUA would store it in a urMS (user,
recipient, Message Store).  That clears everything right up!  ;-)

> Do Exchange boxes offer LMTP services?

  Not that I'm aware of.

>>   I used to work at UNH.
>
> Did not know that.  So did I, in the dark ages.  :)

  Yup, as a junior admin at the Space Science Center.  It was a really
cool place to work.  I would have stayed if there had been a future
for me, but they were basically taking advantage of the large crop of
undergrads willing to work for cheap and no benefits.  Not that I
blame them.  :)

-- Ben