mail hub meaning

• [Computer]
  1. <tool, messaging> A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via electronic mail. Examples on the Internet include Almanac and netlib. Mail servers are also used on Bitnet.
  
  In the days before Internet access was widespread and UUCP mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via FTP or WWW.
  
  2. <messaging> (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward electronic mail.

• Air mail hub
• In 1994, the group created a technology division and now operates 38 electronic-mail hubs worldwide that process 2 million messages each month.
• Mugabe's government has also likened journalists to " terrorists " and accused his opponents of mailing anthrax to the main mail hub in Harare.
• The airport was also a finalist for the United States Postal Service Express Mail hub in 1991; this hub went to Indianapolis International Airport before being closed in 2001 as the USPS shifted Express Mail and Priority Mail air duties to FedEx Express.
• A first example for a "'Mail Hub "'consisting of a network of MTAs would be that of a typical small-to-medium size Internet service provider ( ISP ), or for a FOSS corporate mail system.
• These changes were in part through the Railnet scheme initiated in 1996 which created mail hubs at Shieldmuir ( Motherwell ), Low Fell ( Gateshead ), Warrington, Doncaster, Bristol Parkway, Tonbridge, and Wembley PRDC ( London ) as well as dedicated platforms at Stafford.

• "mail hub" meaning in Chinese: 邮件集线器
• "mail hub" meaning in Russian: концентратор электронной почты