= Message User Agent = A '''Message User Agent''' ('''MTA''') is an application that creates and sends emails. <> ---- == Role == An MUA accesses a remote mailbox, often via either [[Email/POP|POP]] or [[Email/IMAP|IMAP]], to retrieve emails for use by or display to the intended end user. An MUA sends emails via [[Email/SMTP|SMTP]] to a remote [[Email/MTA|MTA]]. MUAs generally have additional features such as: * assisting in the completion of contact information using a remote [[Protocols/LDAP|LDAP]] server * automated encoding of non-text emails or attachments, whether with [[Email/Uuencoding|uuencoding]] or [[Email/MIME|MIME]] ---- CategoryRicottone