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- From: jkay@ragtime.vnet.net (John Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 95 17:40:42
- Organization: Ragtime East
- Message-ID: <19951231.7829CB8.100A4@ragtime.vnet.net>
- References: <4bu7f9$nt6@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <19951228.7655D90.13B1A@ragtime.vnet.net> <4c1gtb$39ro@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <19951230.774CB80.1CA8@ragtime.vnet.net> <4c4p6i$g32@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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- fheitka@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp) writes:
-
- >> You need InetUtils from the Aminet to POST mail, as POP does not send out
- >> mail .. in that archive you'll find SMTPpost .. it is a mail poster.
-
- > Do I take that to mean sending mail is fairly primitive in that I type the
- > mail in a editor of my choice and manually send it?
-
- The SMTPost application is primitive, in that it is a very bare-bones
- implementation .. it sends off mail .. no GUI setup, no Installer ..
-
- It is the only SMTP-compliant application for mail posting that I am
- aware of, so it's what everyone uses.
-
- Your nice Amiga mail READER with it's easy to use GUI passes off your mail
- to SMTPpost and that's it .. it gets sent out onto the Net.
-
- > If someone sends me a message can I simply respond and have the text from
- > the message included, much like a typical news reader program?
-
- Yes, that is what your mail READER does. It gives you an enjoyable working
- environment for using mail. The *underpinnings* such as UUCP, SMTP etc are
- nasty and unfriendly, but you never have to use those programs manually;
- your reader interfaces with them.
-
- > So it sounds like the latter then?
-
- Correct. Read and write mail in comfort, and let the reader app deal with
- the mysteries of your SMTP, UUCP or whatnot application.
-
- > Maybe you're meaning the installation is CLI only?
-
- No, SMTPpost, SMTPd, NNTPxfer, and NNTPpost are all cli-only programs. Don't
- worry about them; let your mail reader talk to them.
-
- ****
-
- Inbound mail for Dynamic IP addresses:
-
- The Net-->Your ISP-->ISP's POP3 Server-->AmiPOP-->Your local Mail file-->Voodoo
-
- ****
-
- Inbound mail for Static IP addresses:
-
- The Net-->SMTPd(your Amiga)-->Local Mail File-->Voodoo
-
- ****
-
- Outbound mail for Dynamic, and Static IP addresses:
-
- Voodoo-->SMTPpost-->The Net
-
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