MESSAGE TRANSFER AGENT

Domain	Definition
Computing	Message Transfer Agent (MTA) The program responsible for delivering e-mail messages. Upon receiving a message from a Mail User Agent or another MTA it stores it temporarily locally and analyses the recipients and either delivers it (local addressee) or forwards it to another MTA (routing). In either case it may edit and/or add to the message headers. The most widely used MTA for Unix is sendmail. [Other OSes?] (1997-02-28). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "MESSAGE TRANSFER AGENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		訊息傳遞中介 (MTA). (various references)

Danish		MTA (metropolitan trading area), Message Transfer Agent, meddelelsesoverførselssystemdel. (various references)

Dutch		MTA, message transfer agent. (various references)

Finnish		sanomansiirtosuoritin. (various references)

French		MTA, ATM, agent de transfert de messages, Agent de transfer de message. (various references)

German		Mitteilungs-Transfer-Systemteil, Transfersystemteil, Transfer Vermittler, Nachrichtenvermittler. (various references)

Greek		πράκτορας μεταφοράς μηνυμάτων. (various references)

Italian		MTA, message transfer agent, nodo di transito, agente di trasferimento di messaggio. (various references)

Pig Latin		essagemay ansfertray agentay

Portuguese		MTA, agente de transferência de mensagens. (various references)

Spanish		ATM (ATM), agente de transferencia de mensajes. (various references)

Swedish		MTA. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Specialty Definition: MESSAGE TRANSFER AGENT