All email marketing tools make use of an MTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An MTA is part of the email infrastructure. A mail server is sometimes called an email relay, mail router or mail server, but it is defined most often as MTA. A Mail Transfer Agent (or Message Transfer Agent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Mail Transfer Agent<\/strong> is software that sends email messages from one sender to the recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An MTA is responsible for the core tasks involved with delivering of email, including queuing, throttling, scheduling, connection management, data transfer, processing of deferrals, bounce generation and tracking of delivery status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n An MTA solution also includes features for handling inbound email, such as replies and remotely bounced messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The MTA works in the background, through back end server applications. The typical user interacts with the email marketing tool, not directly with the MTA interface. A correctly configured MTA can have a great impact on the deliverability and performance of the email marketing tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A mail transfer agent might also be known as mail relay or internet message handling service. The terms mail server<\/em>, mail exchanger <\/em>or MX host<\/em> may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More articles about Mail transfer agents (MTA):<\/p>\n\n\nUse of an MTA in email marketing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n