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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:53:48 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:12:41 am | by TomHibbert | Revert |
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[Acronym] for __M__ail __T__ransport __A__gent
A program to send mail from one machine to another, usually using [SMTP], but occasionaly something weird and obscure like [UUCP].
-sendmail(8)
, [Postfix] and [Exim] are MTA'
s. Another one that is very popular with [ISP]s is [
DanBernstein]
's [qmail
], written with security in mind, for which there has been no exploit since at least March 1997.
+SendMail
, [Postfix] and [Exim] are [
MTA]
s. Another one that is very popular with [ISP]s is DanBernstein's [Qmail
], written with security in mind, for which there has been no exploit since at least March 1997.
-See also [MDA] (Mail Delivery Agent),
[MSA] (Mail Submission Agent),
[MUA] (Maul
User Agent),
[MAA] (Mail Access Agent)
+See also:
+*
[MDA] (Mail Delivery Agent)
+*
[MSA] (Mail Submission Agent)
+*
[MUA] (Mail
User Agent)
+*
[MAA] (Mail Access Agent).
-''
It is generally a BadThing
to fsck
with a live MTA. If you want/need to
migrate to a new MTA
, it is a very good idea to test
the new config on
a SacrificialGoat before even TOUCHING
-the live MTA
. Once
you have the
new config tested and working, migrate it to
the live machine
. But not before you have it working. Trust me, you WONT be sorry. -- TomHibbert''
+It is generally a bad idea
to mess
with a live [
MTA]
. To make extensive changes or even
migrate, you should deploy
the new configuration in
a test environment first
. Only once
you fully trust your
new setup should you even dream about replacing
the existing one
.
+
+See also:
+* EximNotes
+* SendmailNotes
