Editing Email client (section)

{{Short description|Computer program used to access and manage a user's email}}
{{about|mail readers for Internet e-mail|BBS mail readers|Offline reader}}
[[Image:Thunderbird 102 screenshot.png|right|thumb|250px|[[Mozilla Thunderbird]] email client user interface on a [[Linux]] operating system]]

An '''email client''', '''email reader''' or, more formally, '''message user agent''' (MUA) or '''mail user agent''' is a [[computer program]] used to access and manage a user's [[email]].

A [[web app|web application]] which provides message management, composition, and reception functions may act as a [[Web email|web email client]], and a piece of [[computer hardware]] or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client may also use the term.