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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:16:37 +0000, Martin Hepworth wrote: > I've rename MHS to MTA (mail transport agent) which is the proper > technical term. I guess there's a reason why you didn't use MTA? Needed an additional term: > Abstract > > ... and the transmission world, in the form of the Mail > Handling Service (MHS) composed of Mail Transfer Agents (MTA). MTA is a single relay. MHS is the set of mail transfer components that form the entire service. So, it is the set of MSA, MTAs and MDA. I chose the particular term by resurrecting an existing one, from the X.400 world, where UA/MTA terminology was created. As the current document developed, the need for a term that referred to the entire infrastructure service kept appearing. And since I'm citing history, I'll note further x.400 irony: It had Administrative Management Domains (ADMD) but it had it as a core construct in the underlying technical architecture. The current doc uses it as an operations construct. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking +1.408.246.8253 dcrocker a t ... WE'VE MOVED to: www.bbiw.net
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