MTA - Mail Transfer Agent
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
POP3 - Post Office Protovol v.3
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
MAPI - Messaging Application Programming Interface
Meilindusega seotud programmid linuxes:
Mail serverid SMTP: Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Qmail :PS!! Harilikult ainult üks nendest võib olla installitud.
Maili kätteandjad POP3, IMAP, MAPI: dovecot, prayer, ipopd, horde, cyrus, courier
Wemail: squirrelmail, sqwebmail, horde
Groupware server: kolabd
Mail Kliendid: Thunderbird, Evolution, xmail, mutt, balsa
Antispam: spamassassin(spamd), razor, pyzor, greylistd
Antivirus: clamav