Full Form of SMPT
- Full Form of SMPT is Simple Main Transfer Protocol.
SMPT stands for Simple Main Transfer Protocol. It is a protocol which used to send mail from one person to another over the internet. It is used by most Email softwares whether it is Gmail, outlook, yahoo! Mail etc. to send mail. First time it was proposed in the year 1982.
How does SMTP work?
In this we have Mail User Agent aka MUA which will write the mail and then submit it to MSA (Mail submission Agent). Then the MSA transfers the mail to MTA (Mail Transfer Agent). These both MSA and MTA are an instance of a programs and they can be on same server or different server depends on the instance created. Then MTA finds the mx (mail exchange) record and on the basis on these records it sends the mail to MDA (Mail Delivery Agent). Then the end user fetches the mail from the MDA server.
What are some SMTP response codes?
101 – server connection error
211 – System status
214 – Help message
220 – The server is ready
221 – The server closes the transmission channel
500 – Syntax Error
510 – Invalid email Address
What are some commands used in SMTP?
HELO, EHLO, MAIL FROM, RCPT TO, SIZE, DATA, QUIT, VRFY etc. are some of the SMTP commands.
What is the use of SMTP?
- It defines the rules of communication/transmission between different servers.
What is the disadvantage of SMTP?
- There are major chances of mail getting hacked and can be send through a fake email address.
SMTP FULL FORM RELATED FAQs
What is the Full form of SMTP?
Answer: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
What is the full form of IMAP?
Answer: Internet Message Access Protocol