Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
SMTP is part of the application layer of the TCP/IP protocol. Using a process called "store and forward," SMTP moves your email on and across networks. It works closely with something called the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) to send your communication to the right computer and email inbox.
SMTP is able to transfer only text—it isn't able to handle fonts, graphics, attachments, etc.—maybe that's why it's called simple. Fortunately, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions were created to lend a hand.
MIME encodes all the non-text content into plain text.
In that transformed format, SMTP is coaxed into transferring the data.
Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission
TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail.
Usually used with two other protocols (POP3 or IMAP)
Allow the user to save messages in a server mailbox- downloading them periodically from server.
On Unix-based systems, sendmail is the most widely-used SMTP server for e-mail.
Commercial package- sendmail includes a POP3 server.
SMTP is able to transfer only text—it isn't able to handle fonts, graphics, attachments, etc.—maybe that's why it's called simple. Fortunately, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions were created to lend a hand.
MIME encodes all the non-text content into plain text.
In that transformed format, SMTP is coaxed into transferring the data.
Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission
TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail.
Usually used with two other protocols (POP3 or IMAP)
Allow the user to save messages in a server mailbox- downloading them periodically from server.
On Unix-based systems, sendmail is the most widely-used SMTP server for e-mail.
Commercial package- sendmail includes a POP3 server.
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