local only pop3 server/daemon?
Gary Aitken
ubuntu at dreamchaser.org
Sat Feb 20 16:34:58 UTC 2021
On 2/20/21 2:48 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 05:20:58PM -0700, Gary Aitken wrote:
>> I'm wondering what the best pop3 daemon would be for a server situation
>> where the only popping being done is from a local app (redmine). I see:
>> dovecot-pop3d
>> mailutils-pop3d
>> popa3d
>> solid-pop3d
>>
> If it's local only why do you want POP at all?
>
> I run postfix on a server on my LAN and that provides everything
> needed for local mail, and if you want you can set it up to send mail
> off to your ISP/Hosting Provider's 'smart host'.
I'm running redmine and it needs to read mail. I thought it only did that
through pop or imap and AFIK that's out of postfix's domain.
However, I see now that redmine can accept mail forwarded from the server.
Thanks for the prod.
Gary
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