Doug Ewell wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels <grammatim at worldnet dot att dot net> wrote:
>
> > What's an "email client"?
>
> Geez, folks. No matter how you feel about Peter, it would have been
> much less work just to answer the question.
>
> An e-mail client is the program you use to send, receive, manage, and
> (usually) compose e-mail messages.
>
> It is distinct from the "servers" which do the heavy work of passing
> messages along the network.

Why isn't it my email program or my email application?

What's the metaphor by which an email program becomes a "client"?

> As for the Peter's question being off-topic, I'm sure he wouldn't have
> asked it if another list member hadn't suggested he "read the manual or
> help site for your email client."

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