15 Minute Series What is Electronic Mail?


The Internet mail system works because of SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. SMTP is part of the TCP/IP suite of protocols.

SMTP is a protocol, or set of rules that enables electronic mail to move smoothly through the Internet. Because of SMTP, a UNIX machine can send mail to a PC or Macintosh computer and vice versa.



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