[KLUG Members] POP3

[Rusty Yonkers]

Well actually POP3 is only for incoming email messages.  It is a way
to retrieve email from a message store.  All outbound email goes out
through a SMTP server.  That is why you will see references in email
clients to your inbound and outbound server.  They do not even have
to be the same box.  Often people with multiple accounts will use
just a single SMTP server for all outgoing messages.  When setting up
Linux you will have to startup a POP3 server and a SMTP server.

This issue gets muddied when using something like Exchange or
GroupWise, because it handles mail differently than Internet email.  

--- Andy Eidson <abeidson at yahoo.com> wrote:

> can you use POP3 for an outgoing message as well as
> incoming or is POP3 only an incoming protocol?
> 
> This has come up as a discussion at my work and was
> wondering if anyone out there could give a quick
> resolution. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
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