Mail_transfer_agent Mail_transfer_agent

Mail transfer agent - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Alien, Alienate, Amortize, Announcement, Barter, Broadcast, Carbon, Cart, Change, Charge, Charter, Commission, Communicate, Communication

A mail transfer agent or MTA (also called a mail server, or a mail exchange server in the context of the Domain Name System) is a computer program or software agent which transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another. The MTA works behind the scenes, while the user usually interacts with another program, the mail user agent (MUA), which contacts an MTA for actual delivery of the mail.

The delivery of email to a user's mailbox typically takes place via a mail delivery agent (MDA); many MTAs have basic MDA functionality built in, but a dedicated MDA like procmail can provide more sophistication.

See also


Gnome-system.png 		 This computing-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Mail_transfer_agent).

MTA as an abbreviation can have other meanings: see the MTA disambiguation page.

Example Usage of transfer
officialTila: @IamMaxatHotSpot no u can still chat with me on THS. U still have ur profiles there. Everyting u have will not be deleted it will transfer
EPL_Latest: Footy stars beware⦠Chelseaâs transfer ban has been suspended! (TheScore.com) http://bit.ly/21P4KV
rayebersole: The biggest part of a computer setup is the data transfer and installation of software. At least 1 to 2 hours.
Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.