mail delivery agent
The program that stores an arriving message in the right local mailbox, such as Postfix's local delivery or procmail.
In more detail
It applies aliases and .forward files on the way. The mailbox it writes may be an mbox file or a Maildir folder.
Related terms
- mail transfer agent — The mail server program, such as Postfix, Exim or Sendmail, that accepts mail and passes it on towards the recipient's server over SMTP.
- mbox — A mailbox format that keeps all of a user's messages one after another in a single file, often /var/mail/username.
Taught in
- Mail Servers: Aliases, Forwards And The Queue — LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500 and 102-500) Exam Prep