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LX0-104 · Question #563

Which of the following are commonly used Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) applications? (Select THREE).

The correct answer is A. postfix C. sendmail D. exim. Postfix, Sendmail, and Exim are three commonly used Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) applications responsible for transferring emails between servers.

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Question

Which of the following are commonly used Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) applications? (Select THREE).

Options

  • Apostfix
  • Bprocmail
  • Csendmail
  • Dexim
  • Esmtpd

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    93% (25)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • E
    4% (1)

Why each option

Postfix, Sendmail, and Exim are three commonly used Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) applications responsible for transferring emails between servers.

ApostfixCorrect

Postfix is a popular open-source Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) known for its security and ease of configuration, widely used on Unix-like systems for routing and delivering email.

Bprocmail

Procmail is a Mail Delivery Agent (MDA), not an MTA; it is used for local email delivery and filtering, not transferring mail between servers.

CsendmailCorrect

Sendmail is a historic and powerful MTA, one of the earliest and most widely used email routing programs on the internet, handling mail transfer between systems.

DeximCorrect

Exim is a flexible and configurable MTA developed for Unix-like systems, particularly popular in academic environments and with many internet service providers for email routing.

Esmtpd

`smtpd` is commonly the name of the daemon process for an MTA (e.g., `sendmail` or `postfix` running in daemon mode), but it is not an MTA application name itself.

Concept tested: Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs)

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Topics

#MTA#email services#postfix#sendmail#exim

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