WOLLO UNIVERSITY

KOMBOLCHA IINSTITUTEOF TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGEOF INFORMATICS

DEPARTMETOF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR ASSIGNMEN

Group Name ID

1. Surafel Tsegaye………………………1680/05

2. Sisay Mengie…………………………1678/05

3. Tsegaye Kediru……………………...1689/05

4. Nejat Ahemed………………………..1664/05

5. Atsedemariyam Zenaw………………1694/05
 Mail Transfer Agent

A mail server (also known as a mail transfer agent or MTA, a mail transport agent, a mail
router or an Internet mailer) is an application that receives incoming e-mail from local users
(people within the same domain) and remote senders and forwards outgoing e-mail for delivery.
A computer dedicated to running such applications is also called a mail server.
Microsoft Exchange qmail, Exim and sendmail are among the more common mail server
programs.A mail server is a computer that serves as an electronic post office for email. Mail
exchanged across networks is passed between mail servers that run specially designed software.

The mail server works in conjunction with other programs to make up what is sometimes
referred to as a messaging system. A messaging system includes all the applications necessary to
keep e-mail moving as it should. When you send an e-mail message, your e-mail program, such
as Outlook or Eudora, forwards the message to your mail server, which in turn forwards it either
to another mail server or to a holding area on the same server called amessage store to be
forwarded later. As a rule, the system uses SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
or ESMTP (extended SMTP) for sending e-mail, and either POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)
or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for receiving e-mail.

mail server (sometimes also referred to an e-mail server) is a server that handles and delivers e-
mail over a network, usually over the Internet. A mail server can receive e-mails from client
computers and deliver them to other mail servers. A mail server can also deliver e-mails to client
computers. A client computer is normally the computer where you read your e-mails, for
example your computer at home or in your office. Also an advanced mobile phone or
Smartphone, with e-mail capabilities, can be regarded as a client computer in these
circumstances.

Function of mail server

The auto-reply of mail server.
This function lies in the fact that the server after receiving an e-mail account sends automatic
messages to the sender of a message from the owner of the account. This is generally used during
the holiday season to the notification, the absence of the account holder. Content of the autoreply
message is defined by user.

The access to website by password.

This feature allows you to specify which files and directories will be available to the public and
to which access is restricted to those who know the password. Password is defined by the user.

Mail forward to defined address

The mail server after receiving the message forwards it to the indicated earlier address (optional,
you can declare that a copy of a message). This is generally used for notification of incoming
mail on the phones in the mobile or pager networks.

Access to the sites by using FTP.

This feature allows the user to modify the contents of web pages by sending the files that make
up a web service using the file transfer protocol client program.

Guestbook script
Guest book script, is a mechanism that allows website visitors to leave an entry with his
comments on the content with greetings.

Counter script references to your website.

Counter of requests to the website is a mechanism that allows the owner to find out how many
people visited the website. The script on our server performs intelligent analysis of appeals, that
does not include a series of appeals made to raise the counter.

mail server (sometimes also referred to an e-mail server) is a server that handles and delivers e-mail

over a network, usually over the Internet. A mail server can receive e-mails from client computers and

deliver them to other mail servers. A mail server can also deliver e-mails to client computers. A client

computer is normally the computer where you read your e-mails, for example your computer at home or in

your office. Also an advanced mobile phone or Smartphone, with e-mail capabilities, can be regarded as

a client computer in these circumstances.