Jeffrey Stedfast ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) had this to say on 01/22/03 at 13:08: > Apparently you didn't read anything I nor Mark Crispin wrote.
Mark wrote "can, but shouldn't"; you wrote "can't"; Alexander wrote "can". > > Jeff > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:39, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > > > Huh? You cannot send mail via IMAP. IMAP is for reading mail ONLY. > > > > That's not entirely true. At least courier imap supports the Outbox > > extension: > > > > ##NAME: OUTBOX:0 > > # > > # The next set of options deal with the "Outbox" enhancement. > > # Uncomment the following setting to create a special folder, named > > # INBOX.Outbox > > # > > # OUTBOX=.Outbox > > > > ##NAME: SENDMAIL:0 > > # > > # If OUTBOX is defined, mail can be sent via the IMAP connection by copying > > # a message to the INBOX.Outbox folder. For all practical matters, > > # INBOX.Outbox looks and behaves just like any other IMAP folder. If this > > # folder doesn't exist it must be created by the IMAP mail client, just > > # like any other IMAP folder. The kicker: any message copied or moved to > > # this folder is will be E-mailed by the Courier-IMAP server, by running > > # the SENDMAIL program. Therefore, messages copied or moved to this > > # folder must be well-formed RFC-2822 messages, with the recipient list > > # specified in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers. Courier-IMAP relies on > > # SENDMAIL to read the recipient list from these headers (and delete the > > Bcc: > > # header) by running the command "$SENDMAIL -oi -t -f $SENDER", with the > > # message piped on standard input. $SENDER will be the return address > > # of the message, which is set by the authentication module. > > # > > # DO NOT MODIFY SENDMAIL, below, unless you know what you're doing. > > # > > > > SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail > > > > So, yes, IMAP can certainly be used to send mail thus there isn't a real > > need for SMTP anymore - theoretically. Practically, I've neither tried > > it and would also think that it would take quite some user training and > > also configuration work on the MUA side to have this a feasible solution. > > > > Alexander Skwar > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
