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From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sendmail question ... HELP
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 22:51:49 CST
Organization: Southern Illinois University
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	     (from "Tony" <tony@gcr1.com>)
	     (at 21 Mar 1997 21:46:05 GMT)
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Hi Tony, on Mar 21 you wrote:

> I have a BSD 2.1.7. box setup and running named, sendmail and inetd
> it all works fine BUT I can't find a way to use sendmail from a pop3 client

> I can send mail to the net from the BSD box and send mail to myself on the 
> BSD box but can't login from exchange client on Win95 .. I get log on
> errors ...

Most POP3 clients also include an SMTP client. Sendmail is an instantiation of
the SMTP protocol (with bunches of special functions). Since you have a POP3
client which includes an SMTP client, and you have an SMTP server (Sendmail),
all you lack is a POP3 SERVER which Sendmail is not.

I do not know what protocols Exchange supports (SMTP, POP2, POP3, IMAP, ?),
but you need to have the requisite server for the protocol Exchange uses to
READ notes. SMTP is used to SEND notes.

To "use sendmail from a pop3 client" you merely configure the client to use
the Sendmail host as its "SMTP Server", but again - this is only for SENDing
notes. Both IMAP and POP3 server programs are readily available.

Lastly, I presume that the Wintel box is also setup as an IP host and has a
network connection to your BSD host, or you may need something like Samba to
do LAN (Netbios) types of connections.