Remember MUA
Full name: Mail User Agent
Memory aid: Mail User opens an Application as a cue.
A mail user agent need not directly deliver mail to the destination server.
Study area: Protocols & logical ports · Batch 7
Relevant study for: CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Network+ N10-009 · CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · Cisco CCNA 200-301 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline
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MUA — Mail User Agent
Provides a user-facing application for composing and accessing email.
Why learn MUA — Mail User Agent?
Provides a user-facing application for composing and accessing email.
Where it came from
A mail user agent need not directly deliver mail to the destination server.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Mail User opens an Application as a cue.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand MUA: Mail User Agent.
- Recall this memory aid: Mail User opens an Application as a cue.
- Explain the practical use: Provides a user-facing application for composing and accessing email.
- Explain this distinction: A mail user agent need not directly deliver mail to the destination server.
- Identify MUA in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- IETF RFC 5598 (www.rfc-editor.org)