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Newer page: version 2 Last edited on Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:26:02 pm by PerryLorier Revert
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Monday, October 7, 2002 6:30:44 pm by PerryLorier Revert
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 [Acronym] for __M__ail __U__ser __A__gent. 
  
 IE: Your mail client. 
  
-a [MUA] sends email via a [MTA], which passes it along to other [MTA]'s until it reaches it's final destination, where it is passed to a [MDA] to deliver it to the users [MUA]. All very simple right? :) 
+a [MUA] sends email via a [MSA] to a [MTA], which passes it along to other [MTA]'s until it reaches it's final destination, where it is passed to a [MDA] to deliver it to the users [MUA]. All very simple right? :) [POP]/[IMAP] confuse this, since a [MDA] delivers to [POP]/[IMAP], which then end up going to the [MUA] sometimes via another [MTA] or [MDA]. Anyone know what the acronym for a popper/imap daemon would be?