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GoodMessaging Glossary
By wayland
Created 2007-11-29 21:31

Glossary of GoodMessaging terms and acronyms.

Table of Contents

  1. Programs [1]
  2. Protocol types [2]
  3. Misc [3]
You may find it easier to understand this page if you already Understand the Mail System [4] as it is today.

Programs

Acronym Meaning

(Mail x Agent)

Location Receives mail from/via Delivers mail to/via Examples
MA A Mail Agent; the generic term for any of the items listed below
MTA Transfer Server
  • MSA/internal
  • Other MTA/MTP
 * Other MTA servers/MTP
  • MDA/internal
    		•  Postfix, Exim, Sendmail, qmail
    MDA Delivery Server MTA/internal Mailbox/internal procmail (most MTAs alsohave a default MDA built in)

    MUA User Client * MAA/MAP
    • User/External
  • User/external
  • MSA/MSP
    		•  Pine, Outlook Express, Emacs, Netscape Mail
    MAA Access Server Mailbox/internal MUA/MAP UW IMAP, Cyrus IMAP, various other POP3 and IMAP servers
    MSA Submission Server MUA/MSP MTA/internal (Currently I think the only ones are those built into MTAs)

    Protocol types

    Acronym Meaning (Mail x Protocol) Receives mail from Sends mail to Examples
    MP Mail Protocol; a generic term for any of those listed below
    MTP Transfer MTA MTA SMTP
    MAP Access MAA MUA POP3, IMAP
    MSP Submission MUA MSA SMTP

    Misc

    Source URL: http://goodmessaging.jdarx.info/content/goodmessaging-glossary

    Links:
    [1] http://goodmessaging.jdarx.info/content/goodmessaging-glossary#toc0
    [2] http://goodmessaging.jdarx.info/content/goodmessaging-glossary#toc1
    [3] http://goodmessaging.jdarx.info/content/goodmessaging-glossary#toc2
    [4] http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/EmailServerSketches