On 2000-10-11 21:41:38 +0200, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:

> > > Can mutt use a MSA (mail submission agent)?

> Probably not. MSA (mail submission agent) refers to RFC2476. It specifies
> an interface very similar to SMTP on a different port (587), especially
> intented to allow email submission from MUAs e.g. with authentication.
> On port 25 you should run a normal SMTP server to receive incoming mails.
> On port 587 you may run a submission server with client authentication
> enabled to allow relaying for your customers/personell etc.

> As mutt does not support SMTP (and support for SMTP is not intended),
> it also does not support submission as of RFC2476.

Mutt cannot ACT as a mail submission agent in the sense of RFC 2476,
but it can USE an external MSA.

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Thomas Roessler                         <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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