Processing transactions for others to gain fees?

[bitcoinnix]

Am I correct that in bitcoin this is baked into normal mining activities?  This isn't something I can just point my bitcoind at and start processing transactions for others?

[Gabi]

Confirming (putting them in a block) transactions IS exactly why mining exist. 

[bitcoinnix]

Confirming (putting them in a block) transactions IS exactly why mining exist. 

OK, so when I participate in a mining pool, we're working on solving blocks for "new" BTC, and we're solving other blocks that are created during wallet transfers?

Thanks!

[Gabi]

we're working on solving blocks for "new" BTC, and we're solving other blocks that are created during wallet transfers?

More or less yes. Mining find blocks, when a block is found, the miner (the pool in this case) put inside it the transactions and also the transaction of the "new" BTC.