Re: utl_smtp error

From: Chris Berry <compjma_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:44:16 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00574C39.20030327134416@fatcity.com>

>From: Joan Hsieh <joan.hsieh_at_tufts.edu>
>Chris,
>you got me, what MTA stand for?

Mail Transfer Agent, its the program that uses SMTP to send or recieve mail.   Examples:

Sendmail
Courier
Postfix
Exim
qmail
MS Exchange

Don't confuse this with an MUA (mail user agent) which allows you to compose and read email without using telnet manually. Examples:

Mutt
Pine
Mozilla
Outlook

If you're getting smtp errors, perhaps your MTA is misconfigured, unavailable, overloaded, etc. SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

Chris Berry
compjma_at_hotmail.com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

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