EMail

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Concepts

  • 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
  • IMAP server delivers content of mail boxes