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Re: [tlug] Re: can't post to Mandrake expert.



On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:07:53AM +0100, Tobias Diedrich wrote:

> I think you rather mean MUA (Mail User Agent, e.g. mutt, evolution,
> kmail, netscape...) where you wrote MTA (Mail Transfer Agent, e.g. exim,
> sendmail, postfix...) above.

You are mistaken.

Jonathan had it half-right -- the outbound mail queue is determined and kept by
the MTA.  The user mail spool is determined and kept by the Mail Delivery
Agent (i.e., deliver or procmail).  MUA is not involved.

-- Chris
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