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MTA (Message Transfer Agent) Related Entries Web Links New/Updated Information Note: Many topics at this site are reduced versions of the text in "The Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications." Search results will not be as extensive as a search of the book's CD-ROM. In the X.400 Message Handling System developed by the CCITT (now the ITU), an MTA is like a post office through which messages are exchanged between systems. The MTA provides store-and-forward services. See "X.400 Message-Handling System." Copyright (c) 2001 Tom Sheldon and Big Sur Multimedia. |