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4 CraigBox 1 [Acronym] for __S__imple __M__ail __T__ransfer __P__rotocol
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3 It's what email uses for sending.
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5 You can implement secure [SMTP] using the STARTTLS command.
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7 [POP3] and [IMAP] are what is used for recieving email.
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6 AdrianKitto 9 Mail format is specified in RFC:2822, and then extended with [MIME].
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11 Programs which send/recieve [SMTP] are usually called [MTA] (Mail Transport Agents)
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13 [RFC]'s:
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15 * RFC:3207 - SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
16 * RFC:3030 - SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages
17 * RFC:2920 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining
18 * RFC:2852 - Deliver By SMTP Service Extension
6 AdrianKitto 19 * RFC:2822 - Internet Message Format
20 * RFC:2821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
4 CraigBox 21 * RFC:2645 - ON-DEMAND MAIL RELAY (ODMR) SMTP with Dynamic IP Addresses
22 * RFC:2554 - SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
23 * RFC:2505 - Anti-Spam Recommendations for SMTP MTAs
24 * RFC:2487 - SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS
25 * RFC:2442 - The Batch SMTP Media Type
26 * RFC:2197 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining
27 * RFC:2034 - SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes
28 * RFC:1985 - SMTP Service Extension for Remote Message Queue Starting
29 * RFC:1891 - SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications
30 * RFC:1870 - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
31 * RFC:1869 - SMTP Service Extensions
32 * RFC:1854 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining
33 * RFC:1846 - SMTP 521 Reply Code
34 * RFC:1845 - SMTP Service Extension for Checkpoint/Restart
35 * RFC:1830 - SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages
36 * RFC:1653 - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
37 * RFC:1652 - SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport
38 * RFC:1651 - SMTP Service Extensions
39 * RFC:1428 - Transition of Internet Mail from Just-Send-8 to 8bit-SMTP/MIME
40 * RFC:1427 - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
41 * RFC:1426 - SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport
42 * RFC:1425 - SMTP Service Extensions
43 * RFC:1090 - SMTP on X.25
44 * RFC:1047 - Duplicate messages and SMTP
45 * RFC:0876 - Survey of SMTP implementations
6 AdrianKitto 46 * RFC:0822 - Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages - Old see RFC:2822 now
47 * RFC:0821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - Old see RFC:2821 now
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