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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:
- another MTA
a message user agent (MUA)
- a message submission agent (MSA)
If the intended destination is not local to the MTA, it is forwarded to another MTA.