postmaster
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the person in charge of a post officeType of masterKinds postmistress
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.
2. One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is aliased to this person. See also webmaster.
The Jargon File
The email contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the network. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC-822) requires each machine to have a ‘postmaster’ address; usually it is aliased to this person.