Package: dict-foldoc
Version: 20030919-5.1
Hi,
>From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
MTA
1. <messaging> {Message Transfer Agent}.
I believe that the primary title for that meaning should be
'Mail Transfer Agent'. That term is referred to in RFC 2821, section 2.3.3:
Additional mail system terminology became common after RFC 821 was
published and, where convenient, is used in this specification. In
particular, SMTP servers and clients provide a mail transport service
and therefore act as "Mail Transfer Agents" (MTAs). [...]
It seems that the "Message Transfer Agent" is the term used in X.400,
which is much less relevant than SMTP.
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