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E-Mail Client

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:41 am

An application that runs on a personal computer or workstation and enables you to send, receive and organize e-mail. It’s called a client because e-mail systems are based on a client-server architecture. Mail is sent from many clients to a central server, which re-routes the mail to its intended destination.