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
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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.”
British Dictionary definitions for SMTP
SMTP
abbreviation for
simple mail transfer protocol: a protocol that enables e-mails to be sent between different servers
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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.
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