David wrote (replying from a digest... damn)... ----- > Subject: What are MUA, MTA, MDA? (Was Re: Linux Mail Client) > > I differentiate between MUAs, MDAs, and MTAs; examples are: > MUA: mutt > MDA: procmail > MTA: exim > > John, > > 1) What do MTA, MUA, MDA stand for? > >I know that mutt is a mailer, not unlike exim and smail, but has >other functionality. procmail filters mail, but what else? exim >seems to be a drop in for smail and sendmail, so has similar >functionality.
Mail Transfer Agent (Like sendmail, exim etc) Mail User Agent (Pine, Elm, Outlook) Mail Delivery Agent... (Procmail, ... ) > > 2) What are the words for these acronyms? I have a bit of the > answer: > > MTA is probably Mail Transport Agent (guess). MDA is Mail Delivery > Agent. (from procmail man page, I can guess it delivers mail) > > man mutt doesn't tell much and there no exim man page on my system. > > What is MUA? See above.. > 3) What is the function of these? It's your mail reading client (pine, elm, outlook etc...) > 4) Where would I look this up? What is TFM I should R? > >--David >David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, > useful, technically accurate, and friendly. These originate from the X400/X500 world... IRRC There should also be some mention of these in your Sendmail book... Mark Janssen Unix Consultant Unix Support Nederland / PSInet Netherlands E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 http: markjanssen.homeip.net www.markjanssen.nl www.maniac.nl Fax/VoiceMail: +31 20 8757555 Finger for GPG and GeekCode
