Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet communication protocol used to send and relay an email message between email servers. It is not used to retrieve email messages from a server. Instead either IMAP or POP is used to retrieve email messages.
Related pages
[change | change source]- Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- Post Office Protocol (POP)