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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. See also: * [MDA] (Mail Delivery Agent) * [MSA] (Mail Submission Agent) * [MUA] (Mail User Agent) * [MAA] (Mail Access Agent). It is generally a BadThing 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: [[10:33am] <Cuchulain> btw, exim re-reads its config file on every delivery attempt [[10:33am] <Cuchulain> so editing a live config file is bad [[10:34am] <Remosi> now he tells me :P See also: * EximNotes * SendmailNotes
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