| CHAPTER 20 | POP and IMAP |
In Chapter 19, we covered the differences between mail transport agents (MTAs), mail delivery agents (MDAs), and mail user agents (MUAs). When it comes to the delivery of mail to specific user mailboxes, we assumed the use of Procmail, which delivers copies of e-mail to users in the mbox format. The mbox format is a simple text format that can be read by a number of console mail user agents, such as pine, elm, and mutt, ...
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