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SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)1. Key point: Virtually all e-mail exchanged on the Internet is through SMTP. Key point: The most common exploits for SMTP involve spammers trying to relay mail through high-speed mail servers. From Hacking-Lexicon 2. SMTP is the Internet standard for the transferring of electronic mail messages. An SMTP server acts as a central 'post office' for addressing mail to all users within wide area and local area networks. From Faculty-of-Education 3. The main protocol used to send electronic mail from server to server on the Internet. SMTP is defined in RFC 821 and modified by many later RFC's. From Matisse |
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