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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, [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] (Mail User Agent)
* [MAA] (Mail Access Agent).

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
* WikiPedia:Mail_transfer_agent

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Last edited on Monday, June 5, 2006 9:29:33 pm by OliverJones

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