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==Concepts== | ==Concepts== | ||
* see [https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Mailserver-Einf%C3%BChrung/ here] | * see [https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Mailserver-Einf%C3%BChrung/ here] | ||
* Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) transfers emails between clients and server via SMTP e.g. Postfix | * Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) transfers emails between clients and server via SMTP e.g. [[Postfix]] | ||
* Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) sorts incoming mails on the local computer to the right mail boxes e.g. Dovecot | * Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) sorts incoming mails on the local computer to the right mail boxes e.g. Dovecot | ||
* Mail User Agent (MUA) is a end-user mail programm | * Mail User Agent (MUA) is a end-user mail programm | ||
* IMAP server delivers content of mail boxes | * IMAP server delivers content of mail boxes | ||
* Relay sends mails on behalf of someone else e.g. google for ubuntu home PC | |||
Latest revision as of 12:32, 15 November 2016
Concepts[edit]
- see here
- Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) transfers emails between clients and server via SMTP e.g. Postfix
- Mail Delivery Agent (MDA) sorts incoming mails on the local computer to the right mail boxes e.g. Dovecot
- Mail User Agent (MUA) is a end-user mail programm
- IMAP server delivers content of mail boxes
- Relay sends mails on behalf of someone else e.g. google for ubuntu home PC