SMTP
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'''SMTP''': acronymic for Simple Mail Transportation Protocol. This is the protocol used to send email from server to server across the internet, as opposed to the various protocols used by end-users to retrieve their mail from those servers, like [[POP3]] and [[IMAP]]. | '''SMTP''': acronymic for Simple Mail Transportation Protocol. This is the protocol used to send email from server to server across the internet, as opposed to the various protocols used by end-users to retrieve their mail from those servers, like [[POP3]] and [[IMAP]]. | ||
| − | FreeBSD can be used with many different SMTP server applications, such as [[sendmail]] or [[qmail]]. | + | It is possible (and useful) to troubleshoot SMTP servers using [[telnet]] - see [[Daemons, testing via Telnet]] for a simple example. |
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| + | FreeBSD can be used with many different SMTP server applications, such as [[sendmail]] or [[qmail]]. The maintainers of freebsdwiki.net currently use and recommend [[qmail]]. | ||
[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] | [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:29, 21 June 2007
SMTP: acronymic for Simple Mail Transportation Protocol. This is the protocol used to send email from server to server across the internet, as opposed to the various protocols used by end-users to retrieve their mail from those servers, like POP3 and IMAP.
It is possible (and useful) to troubleshoot SMTP servers using telnet - see Daemons, testing via Telnet for a simple example.
FreeBSD can be used with many different SMTP server applications, such as sendmail or qmail. The maintainers of freebsdwiki.net currently use and recommend qmail.
