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>&#13; If you have configured Sendmail as a Central Mail Hub Server, you must install <SPAN
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>IMAP</SPAN
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is just software that sends mail from one machine to another, and nothing else. A mail server is a server that is running one or more of the following:
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>&#13; An <SPAN
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>&#13; A <SPAN
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>POP3</SPAN
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>&#13; A <SPAN
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>&#13; or an <SPAN
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An example of <SPAN
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>SMTP</SPAN
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<SPAN
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>IMAP4</SPAN
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>POP3</SPAN
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