On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:16:37 +0000, Martin Hepworth wrote:
� I've rename MHS to MTA (mail transport agent) which is the proper � technical term. I guess there's a reason why you didn't use MTA?
Needed an additional term:
� Abstract
� ... and the transmission world, in the form of the Mail � Handling Service (MHS) composed of Mail Transfer Agents (MTA).
MTA is a single relay. MHS is the set of mail transfer components that form the entire service. So, it is the set of MSA, MTAs and MDA. I chose the particular term by resurrecting an existing one, from the X.400 world, where UA/MTA terminology was created. As the current document developed, the need for a term that referred to the entire infrastructure service kept appearing. And since I'm citing history, I'll note further x.400 irony: It had Administrative Management Domains (ADMD) but it had it as a core construct in the underlying technical architecture. The current doc uses it as an operations construct. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking +1.408.246.8253 dcrocker �a t ... WE'VE MOVED to: �www.bbiw.net