An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent (MUA), is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email.
The term can refer to any system capable of accessing the user's email mailbox, regardless of it being a mail user agent, a relaying server, or a human typing on a terminal. In addition, a web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an email c...
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An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent (MUA), is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email.
The term can refer to any system capable of accessing the user's email mailbox, regardless of it being a mail user agent, a relaying server, or a human typing on a terminal. In addition, a web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an email client, but more commonly referred to as webmail.
Popular email clients include Microsoft Outlook, IBM Lotus Notes,Pegasus Mail, Mozilla's Thunderbird, and Apple Inc.'s Mail.
Like most client programs, an email client is only active when a user runs it. The most common arrangement is for an email user (the client) to make an arrangement with a remote Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) server for the receipt and storage of the client's emails. The MTA, using a suitable mail delivery agent (MDA), adds email messages to a client's storage as they arrive....
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