Re: how to set up alternate SMTP server

[Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS]

> > So why mutt implements a pop3 protocol?  Why do we need this when we
> > have fetchmail?
> 
> It's not needed.  It should be removed.
> 
> Mutt's POP3 support went in before fetchmail was really existent/stable.

Or, preferably, mutt should handle POP3 mailboxes in the same way that
it handles IMAP and other mailboxes. So messages remain on the server
until the user asks them to be deleted.

Or was there an objection to this proposal?

Edmund