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→Learning About the Services Involved in an Email Delivery
* A '''User Account''' - i.e. the individual who wants to send or receive mail messages.
* An '''MUA''' (email client). This is the application that the user individual uses to send an emailor receive mail messages. It can be a '''native application ''' or a '''web application'''. you You will set up learn how to setup and use both typesof these applications throughout the remainder of this course.
* Two '''MTAs'''. These are the servers responsible for getting your emails to the <u>destination</u> server.
** They are similar to routers (which route packets) but work on the <u>application</u> layer rather than the <u>network</u> layer.