A server that provides a set of services to one or multiple clients in an email environment. The services may include; distribute files, temporarily hold new messages, or store messages that have already been read. It may be located on the desktop PC or on a combination of servers accessed on a LAN.
server computer that is primarily used to offload e-mail sending and receiving from an application server.
a computer on the Internet running special software that allows it to send and receive email messages
a computer program that provides email services to other computer programs (and their users) in the same or other computers
a computer program that recieves and stores email, until an email client retrieves it
a computer/ storage device dedicated to storing emails
a computer thatis ready at all times to send and receive mail for you
a full featured Internet standards compliant, electronic mail server
A server that manages email communications. An email server accepts and manages incoming mail and stores and forwards outgoing mail.
A specialized server that acts like a local post office for a particular Internet host.
A program running on a server that is constantly connected to the internet. The email server is the point of contact for the email client, and is responsible for transporting the email from the sender to the recipient's email server. Email servers also store email data prior to delivery.
An application that controls the distribution and storage of e-mail messages.
A computer used to direct messages to the appropriate place. When you send an email using your client software, it is sent to the server which then processes it and sends it to the appropriate party.
A web server dedicated to the task of serving email.
A computer in a network that provides "post office" facilities. It stores incoming mail for distribution to users and forwards outgoing mail through the appropriate channel. The term may refer to just the software that performs this service, which can reside on a machine with other services.
As used by NetWin for brevity the term "email server" refers to the two servers required for sending and receiving email, i.e. the SMTP and POP servers. e.g. The DMail package which combines the DPOP server and DSMTP server along with other components to provide a full email receiving and distribution package.(empty)(empty)
This is where all of your incoming mail is held for you until you retrieve it, and where your outgoing mail is sorted and sent off to the correct locations.
The term "Email Server" is used to denote a Mail transfer agent (MTA) or system of MTAs used to route email and act as a mail server, by storing email and supporting client access (MUA) using Post Office Protocol (POP), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) or other protocols.