Newbie why is dovecot classified diff then sendmail or courier

[Peter Chiochetti]

Am 2015-09-29 um 06:58 schrieb David Niklas:
> Hello, this is probably a dumb question, but I can't for the life of me
> figure out why sendmail and courier are classified universally as
> network-mail-mta whereas dovecot is in places like network-mail-general
> or some such place.
> I'm concerned that I'm looking into the wrong software for an mail
> transport/delivery agent.

Hello David, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent has 
the global scheme. There may be better guides for newbies, but it lays 
out the terms used. Dovecot appears here 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_delivery_agent

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peter