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What (who) is mail transfer agent - definition

SOFTWARE THAT TRANSFERS ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES FROM ONE COMPUTER TO ANOTHER USING SMTP
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Mail Transfer Agent         
Message Transfer Agent         
<messaging> (MTA, Mail Transfer Agent) Any program responsible for delivering e-mail messages. Upon receiving a message from a Mail User Agent or another MTA, often by SMTP over the Internet, it stores it temporarily locally and analyses the recipients and delivers it to any local addressees and/or forwards it to other remote MTAs (routing) for delivery to remote recipients. In either case it may edit and/or add to the message headers. The most widely used MTA for Unix is sendmail, which communicates using SMTP. [Other OSes?] RFC 2821 (SMTP) expands MTA as "Mail Transfer Agent" though this is less common. Alternatives with "Transport" are also seen but less correct. (2007-06-01)
mail server         
1. <tool, messaging> A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via {electronic mail}. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet. In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW. 2. <messaging> (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail. (1995-05-05)

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Message transfer agent

Within the Internet email system, a message transfer agent (MTA), or mail transfer agent, or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using SMTP. The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host are also used in some contexts.

Messages exchanged across networks are passed between mail servers, including any attached data files (such as images, multimedia or documents). These servers also often keep mailboxes for email. Access to this email by end users is typically either via webmail or an email client.