What is Electronic
Mail?
The Internet mail system works because of SMTP, Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol. SMTP is part of the TCP/IP suite of protocols.
SMTP is a protocol, or set of rules that enables electronic mail to move
smoothly through the Internet. Because of SMTP, a UNIX machine can send
mail to a PC or Macintosh computer and vice versa.
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