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Which of the following is NOT a Mail Transport Agent?

The correct answer is E. mail. mail is a Mail User Agent (MUA) used for reading and sending email, whereas Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, and Qmail are Mail Transport Agents (MTAs).

Submitted by viktor_hu· Apr 18, 2026Service Configuration

Question

Which of the following is NOT a Mail Transport Agent?

Options

  • Aexim
  • Bpostfix
  • Csendmail
  • Dqmail
  • Email

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)
  • E
    90% (26)

Why each option

`mail` is a Mail User Agent (MUA) used for reading and sending email, whereas Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, and Qmail are Mail Transport Agents (MTAs).

Aexim

Exim is a widely used open-source Mail Transport Agent (MTA) for Unix-like systems, responsible for receiving, routing, and delivering email.

Bpostfix

Postfix is a popular open-source Mail Transport Agent (MTA), known for its security, speed, and ease of configuration, handling email delivery between servers.

Csendmail

Sendmail is one of the oldest and most well-known Mail Transport Agents (MTAs), responsible for transferring email messages between computers.

Dqmail

Qmail is a secure and reliable Mail Transport Agent (MTA), designed to be a modern replacement for Sendmail, focusing on security and modularity.

EmailCorrect

Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) like Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, and Qmail are server applications responsible for routing and delivering email between mail servers. The `mail` command (often an alias for `mailx` or part of a Mail User Agent) is a client-side utility that users employ to compose, send, and read emails, and it typically interacts with an MTA for actual delivery.

Concept tested: Mail Transport Agents (MTAs) vs. Mail User Agents (MUAs)

Source: https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/mail-server-concepts

Topics

#Mail Transport Agent#MTA#Email services#Linux mail components

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