mail user agent
The program a person uses to read and write mail, such as mail, mutt or Thunderbird.
In more detail
It hands outgoing mail to a transfer agent and reads stored mail from a mailbox or an IMAP server. It never relays mail for others.
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.
Taught in
- Mail Servers: Aliases, Forwards And The Queue — LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500 and 102-500) Exam Prep