>Just out of curiosity what is MTA short for? Mail Transfer Agent.
This is a server that must be able to: * get email message from MUA (mail user agent) * forward/route it to the destination (or to the right direction at least) * As last step, MTA sends message to the MDA (mail delivery agent) that puts message directly into the user's mailbox https://ittrainingday.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/c3ff4-tutorial44.jpg