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Old 08-07-2012, 02:20 PM   #1
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as somebody that is totally new to linux, does sendmail both send and receive email? Somebody is telling me it only receives email.
 
Old 08-07-2012, 06:10 PM   #2
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Definitely both; its an MTA http://www.niso.org/khelp/kmlm/user_...ail_works.html
 
Old 08-08-2012, 12:34 AM   #3
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I have used sendmail only to send emails. It works well, I will also check how can I receive emails via sendmail.
 
  


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