sendmail protocol

[JodoKaast]

what protocol does sendmail use? pop3? imap?

i ask because i'd like to read my mail on my linux box from outlook on my windows box. what is the proper way to set this up?

[posterboy]

Sendmail's protocol is telnet. Sendmail sends and receives mail to other machines, what you want to do, I think, is read mail that has already arrived. I use POP3 for this purpose. Install the package, if necessary, adjust to start it at boot, arrange to open port 110, and away you go. Give us your distro if you need details.