SMTP

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abbreviation Computers.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: a protocol for transferring email messages over the internet.

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Origin of SMTP

First recorded in 2000–05

Words nearby SMTP

SMP, Smriti, SMS, SMSA, SMSgt, SMTP, smudge, smudge pot, smudging, smudgy, smug

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How to use SMTP in a sentence

The attackers used a little-documented feature of most basic email (SMTP) servers called an “open relay.”
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British Dictionary definitions for SMTP

SMTP

abbreviation for

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for SMTP

SMTP

[ ĕs′ĕm-tē-pē′ ]

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