Can nginx act as a pop3 server or only as a pop3 proxy server? In
other words, can I use it to fetch e-mail directly from my maildir
folders, or do I need to be running something like Dovecot, Cyrus, or
Courier as well?
Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,929,929#msg-929
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 19:22 -0400, androo wrote:
Can nginx act as a pop3 server or only as a pop3 proxy server? In
other words, can I use it to fetch e-mail directly from my maildir
folders, or do I need to be running something like Dovecot, Cyrus, or
Courier as well?
Nginx can only proxy. You’ll need a POP3 server.
Cliff
Thanks,
androo
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 19:22 -0400, androo wrote:
Can nginx act as a pop3 server or only as a pop3 proxy server? In
other words, can I use it to fetch e-mail directly from my maildir
folders, or do I need to be running something like Dovecot, Cyrus, or
Courier as well?
Nginx can only proxy. You’ll need a POP3 server.
Cliff
Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,929,939#msg-939