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SMTP:-
  • SMTP, Abbreviated from of simple mail Transfer Protocol.
  • Is an internet standard used to transfer email messages between two server across Internet Protocols networks.
  • A majority of email system use SMTP to send email messages.
  • SMPT is "PUSH" Protocol and so, it can't "PULL" the email message from a remote server.
Functions:-

SMPT Perform two important function to enable the clients to send email message to any other exiting email address.

  1. SMTP verifies whether the person using SMPT server to send email message has the right to do so.
  2. SMTP delivers the message to the specified destination and checks whether the messages are delivered successfully. If the message aren't delivered successfully, SMPT notifies, the sender through an error message and sends the undelivered message back to the sender.
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