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Re: SMTP
> From cs.huji.ac.il!owner-linux-il Fri Jul 5 02:03:28 1996
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:07:03 -0700
> From: Moran <cafe6@netvision.net.il>
> Organization: InterNet-Cafe
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> To: Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
> Subject: SMTP
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> Reply-To: Moran <cafe6@netvision.net.il>
>
> Hey.
>
> can I say that SMTP is a mail server?
> and pine is a mail client?
>
>
> Moran.
>
No, pine is a MUA (Mail user agent), and SMTP is a protocol. In e-mail
there are MUA's and MTA's (mail transport agents like smail and sendmail).
A computer that acts as a mail server is refered to as a "gateway".
- yba
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