Re: Internet Mail Architecture draft

In message <933985834(_dot_)20040515013625(_at_)brandenburg(_dot_)com>, Dave Crocker 
<dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> writes
> Folks,
>
> I've just sent draft-crocker-mail-arch-00 to be issued as an
> internet-draft.
>
> In the interim, it is available at:
>
>  <http://brandenburg.com/specifications/draft-crocker-mail-arch-00.htm>
> and
>  <http://brandenburg.com/specifications/draft-crocker-mail-arch-00.txt>
>
> The document summarizes Internet Mail architectural components, their
> relationships, and the identities they use.
> 3.  Email System Architecture
>              |        .
>              |        |
>              |       MTA
>              |        |      < smtp
>              |       MTA
>              |        |      < smtp
>              |       MDA
>              |        |      < pop, imap

Perhaps unusual, but there are cases where SMTP is used for the final 
hop to the rMUA, e.g. the ISP Demon in the UK offer SMTP delivery.

>              |        |
>              +------ MUA recipient (rMUA)
Regards
--
Paul Overell         Internet Platform Development Manager, Thus plc

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