Hi David, Email has been here for a long time and the terms are pretty well established IMO. We should not try to reinvent them and try to adopt and perhaps try to explain them in simpler terms.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_agent_(infrastructure) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol Mail user agent (MUA)[4][5][6] Mail submission agent (MSA)[7] Mail transfer agent (MTA)[8][9][10][11] Mail delivery agent (MDA)[8][12][13][14] Mail retrieval agent (MRA)[15][16] I think we should focus on the above terms and align with the "industry" . La 17.06.2020 05:12, David Leangen a scris: > Hello! > > When writing the docs, I came to understand that what we mean by “Mail > Server” is not very clear to me. > > There is “SMTP Server” (which is a “Mail Server”). > > There is “POP Server” (which is a “Mail Server”). > > There is “IMAP Server” (which is a “Mail Server”). > > There may be other “things” that can be called a “Mail Server”. (If you think > of one, please let me know!) > > > So is our definition of “Mail Server” something like this? > > Mail Server: a server that is comprised of at least one of: SMTP Server, POP > Server, IMAP Server. > > > > Cheers, > =David > > -- Eugen Stan +40720 898 747 / netdava.com
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