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Message Transfer Agent

A Message Transfer Agent (MTA) is a service that receives email and forwards it towards the intended destination.

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Role

Per the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, an MTA receives mail from any of:

If the intended destination is not local to the MTA, it is forwarded to another MTA. Otherwise it is handed to the local message delivery agent.

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