SMTP

Short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, SMTP is a communications protocol that sends e-mail messages from one server to another. The messages can then be retrieved from a server with generally either POP or IMAP.

See document CH000460 for additional information and help with not being able to send or receive e-mail.

Also see: E-mail, IMAP, Network definitions, POP, Port, Protocol, X.400

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