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Parent topics

• Email system [r]: General overview of how the Internet electronic mail system works. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) [r]: In the Internet Protocol Suite, SMTP is the basic method for transferring the "envelopes" of electronic mail among servers performing the electronic "post office" function, not the user mailbox function. ^[e] (RFC-5321)
• Post Office Protocol (POP) [r]: A client-server messaging protocol for email which requires messages to be downloaded to a client's computer, phone or tablet for reading. ^[e] (RFC-1939)
• Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) [r]: Add brief definition or description (RFC-3501)
• SMTP session [r]: A typical email session using the SMTP protocol. ^[e]