The two most widely used protocols on the Internet are http, hypertext transfer protocol (ie. the WWW) and smtp, simple mail transfer protocol (ie. email). We've just dealt with serving web content with Apache. Now we'll deal with managing an email system.
The bulk of the behind-the-scenes email tasks are carried out by the MTA or mail transfer agent. This is the primary software working on a machine set up to be an email server. Your email client software (Evolution, Kmail, Mozilla's mail...
Mail Servers
The bulk of the behind-the-scenes email tasks are carried out by the MTA or mail transfer agent. This is the primary software working on a machine set up to be an email server. Your email client software (Evolution, Kmail, Mozilla's mail...
Mail Servers