Glossary of GoodMessaging terms and acronyms.
| 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 |
|
* Other MTA servers/MTP
|
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
|
|
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) |
| 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 | |
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