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+ a software component that receives e-mail from the MTA and stores them in the recipient's mailbox;
+ the MDA can also apply Sieve filters on processed messages;
+ examples of MDA: Dovecot, Cyrus IMAP, procmail, maildrop
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+ messaging
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+ a standardized language for describing e-mail filters;
+ the MDA can apply system-wide or user-defined filters on incoming messages;
+ a filter has conditions (connected logical operators: AND, OR…) like „message header contains value X“
+ and actions that will be done with the message like „file into folder X“ or „add flag/label 1“ or „redirect message to some.address@example.com“ or „discard message“;
+ filters are executed on the server where MDA resides,
+ so they are independent on the MUA currently used by the user
+ and works even if the user is offline (useful for OOTO messages when the user is on vacation)
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+ an automatic response on a message (e-mail, SMS etc.) which is sent when user is for example on vacation and can't respond immediately;
+ in case of e-mail it can be easily configured as a Sieve filter
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