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communicates-via

- POP3 Server [ communicator ]
- Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3) [ protocol ]

- Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) [ communicator ]
- SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol [ protocol ]

- IMAP Server [ communicator ]
- Internet Message Access Protocol (Version 4), IMAP4 [ protocol ]

- Mail Components [ display ]
- Mail Access Services [ part ]
- Mail Storage Service [ part ]
- Mail Transports [ part ]
- Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) [ part ]
- E-Mail, Electronic Mail [ whole ]

example:: Windows or Mac: Pegasus, Eudora, Outlook
example:: all platforms: Opera, Thunderbird, Mozilla/Netscape Messenger
Comment:: interfaces with the user, (G)UI
Comment:: interfaces with the mail storage
example:: Unix: mutt, pine, exmh, Ximian Evolution
Comment:: used to compose and read email messages
Comment:: interfaces somehow with some MTA for submission
Comment:: software on the user's computer

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