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SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

The SMTP protocol (defined in STD 10, RFC 821) is used to transfer electronic mail between computers. SMTP is a server-to-server protocol; other protocols are used to access the messages.

URLs:

RFC 821: This is the protocol that details Internet e-mail transfer.
E-mail Web Resources: This site has links to e-mail topics of every imaginable variety, from how to use e-mail to access the WWW, to FAQs, standards and finding e-mail addresses.

W3E References:

email
Internet Protocol

Print References:

Que's Computer and Internet Dictionary by Brian Pfaffenberger with David Wall. Que, Indianapolis, IN. 1995. ISBN: 0-7897-0356-4

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