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yenonn
03-13-2003, 10:08 PM
Dear all,
Just wanna to confirm whether squid can support SMTP and POP3 or not?
if in the case that, squid cannot perform SMTP and POP3, then, what are the alternatives (other tools) that can be integrated with squid?
Please give some comments on it. Thanks.
cheers,
yenonn
Leigh
03-13-2003, 11:13 PM
Squid is a proxy. That's all. Proxies are for FTP and HTTP, so the answer is no. Squid has absolutely nothing to do with POP3 or SMTP. What are you trying to do ? If you are trying to set up a box to do proxy + POP3 + SMTP, I would suggest using sendmail for SMTP and a POP3 daemon for your POP3. There is no need to look for an all-in-one solution.
yenonn
03-14-2003, 01:50 AM
Does sendmail providing routing of SMTP and POP3 for mail client (such as microsoft outlook) to mail server (such as microsoft exchange)?
Leigh
03-14-2003, 02:03 AM
Sendmail= SMTP mail server (Send your mail to the server, it forwards it to the recipient's mail server. Receives mail destined for itself and stores them in the recipient's inbox)
pop3 daemon = pop3 (fetching your mail from the box).
If you want to send mail to the outside world, you need sendmail (or one of the many equivalents). If you want to receive mail and fetch it with Outlook etc., you need both.