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# How Do I Configure POP3/IMAP?
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KumoMTA is a [Message Transfer Agent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent), or MTA.
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The role of an MTA in your [email infrastructure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_agent_\(infrastructure\)) is to relay messages between systems, typically with an MTA configured for sending messages, and another MTA configured in the recipient's network to receive those messages.
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Where an MTA is designed to relay messages, storing them only temporarily for as long as needed to deliver the message to the next host, a [Message Delivery Agent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_delivery_agent), or MDA, is designed to store messages until they are retrieved by the user's email client over POP3 or IMAP.
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KumoMTA is not designed nor intended to be used as an MDA, and users will need to look elsewhere for MDA functionality. |