Re: POP3 / MTA

[Keith Matthews <postfix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 08:37:57 +0100
"adrian.wells" <adrian.wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > adrian.wells wrote:
> >
> > > I've just installed postfix on a LAMP with the intention of having
> > > it relay mail to my WIN2000 email server via POP3. The WIN2000
> > > server collects mail via POP3 from out ISP at present, but we want
> > > to put our LAMP between it and the outside world.
> >
> >  Postfix isn't a POP server. If you're running a MTA on the WIN box,
> >  why
> > not use the LAMP box to relay to the WIN box via smtp?
> > Matt
> 
> Thanks Matt,
> I knew it'd be simple! :-) However the intention is to loose the 2000
> server in the near future and to cause the absolute minimum of
> disruption in the progress. Once postfix is in place we then intend
> migrating the users to the LAMP so we'll need POP3 anyway.
> 
> What, in your opinion would be the best POP3 server to use in
> association with postfix?
> 

The two most popular are Courier-imap (which offers POP3 as well,
despite the name) and Cyrus. Both have their supporters on the list.

If you have no experience in either then Courier would probably be the
easier to learn.

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