Problem with Google Mail and Ubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:

> 
> On Mon, July 13, 2009 16:56, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, July 12, 2009 06:20, Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>> Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Postfix can only *send* mail.
>>>>
>>>> That's a rather odd assertion.  Postfix certainly _does_ receive mail.
> 
>> OK, sounds like a translation problem :-)
> 
> Probably so and the intend of definition.
> Let me illustrate the way it works at our place:
> 
> SMTP = PostFix
> IMAP = Courier IMAP or POP
> 
> External email ---> SMTP ---> mail folders
> Email client   ---> SMTP ---> External SMTP
> mail folders   ---> IMAP ---> Email client
> 
> Some of us were assuming that the original poster wanted the IMAP/POP
> part.

Well, given that your last section is unnecessary for a functioning system 
(even a large multi-user system), I don't see how it's worthwhile to ignore 
the question asked (vague as it was) to assume he wanted something else.
-- 
derek