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Email client
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<p>An email client, email reader or, more formally, message user agent (MUA) or mail user agent is a <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">computer program</a> used to access and manage a user's <a href="/facts/Email/6pD9GLtI">email</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/facts/Web_app/BLkF3BIN">web application</a> which provides message management, composition, and reception functions may act as a <a href="/facts/Web_email/bLkNmBYn">web email client</a>, and a piece of <a href="/facts/Computer_hardware/8jSjsCNv">computer hardware</a> or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client may also use the term. </p>