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SMTP or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - technical definition
Relates to how email is transmitted between hosts and
users in a TCP/IP network. A mail
program—such as Microsoft Outlook—sends an outgoing message to an SMTP server
typically provided by the Internet Service Provider of the user. This SMTP
server connects to an SMTP server at the emailÂ’s destination, where an SMTP
transfer agent receives the message and puts it into the receiverÂ’s mailbox.
See Also: Electronic Mail or Email; TCP/IP or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
Internet Highway, LLC. Internet Terminology: SMTP. [Online, Highway, 1999.]
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