# HG changeset patch
# User Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
# Date 1045931600 0
# Node ID a8516da633758dae8b968d7abbedaf0165aaa974
# Parent  a4e5173bf84ede8304a61d7cfe0afda19ead65df
(Sending via SMTP): Explain MTA/MUA, text from Alex Schroeder <alex@emacswiki.org>.

diff -r a4e5173bf84e -r a8516da63375 man/sending.texi
--- a/man/sending.texi	Sat Feb 22 00:28:45 2003 +0000
+++ b/man/sending.texi	Sat Feb 22 16:33:20 2003 +0000
@@ -696,7 +696,16 @@
 @section Sending via SMTP
 @cindex SMTP
 
-  Emacs includes a package for sending your mail to a SMTP server and
+   On the Internet, mail is sent from host to host using the simple
+mail transfer protocol (SMTP).  When you read and write mail you are
+using a mail program that does not use SMTP -- it just reads mails
+from files.  This is called a mail user agent (MUA).  The mail
+transfer agent (MTA) is the program that accepts mails via SMTP and
+stores them in files.  You also need a mail transfer agent when you
+send mails.  Your mail program has to send its mail to a MTA that can
+pass it on using SMTP.
+
+   Emacs includes a package for sending your mail to a SMTP server and
 have it take care of delivering it to the final destination, rather
 than letting the MTA on your local system take care of it.  This can
 be useful if you don't have a MTA set up on your host, or if your