SMTP

abbreviation

Computers.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: a set of standards used for transferring email messages from the sender to the recipient over the internet.

SMTP

abbreviation

simple mail transfer protocol: a protocol that enables e-mails to be sent between different servers

SMTP

Short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A protocol used on TCP/IP networks governing the transfer of e-mail.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of SMTP¹

First recorded in 2000–05

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Example Sentences

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You did not directly go and interact with SMTP.

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Something that we are investing in now — and a lot of entrepreneurs are working on — are protocols similar to SMTP.

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They are protocols that let you build services in the same way as SMTP.

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Imagine a world where you could have a protocol that is similar to SMTP, but for Discord or Twitter.

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The software industry did the first by creating and popularizing a protocol known as SMTP—simple mail transfer protocol—which enabled the exchange of e-mail messages between heterogeneous computer systems.

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