On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 09:14:27PM +0530, Joseph Bill wrote:
> I wonder why use words like Mail Transfer agent and Mail Delivery Agent.
> Won't it be straight forward to use SMTP and POP server instead.
Because MTA a superset of SMTP and MDA is a superset of POP. You're right,
these terms, while technically precise, make it a little bit harder to
understand for a layman.
-Arun
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