Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Summary

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a computer network protocol^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (557 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's image is recorded as SMTP-transfer-model.svg^[3].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's instance of is recorded as computer network protocol^[4].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's instance of is recorded as text-based protocol^[5].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's Commons category is recorded as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol^[6].
• +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol^[7].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06wsp^[8].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Simple Mail Transfer Protocol^[9].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol^[10].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 821: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol^[11].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 5321: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol^[12].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1047: Duplicate messages and SMTP^[13].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1425: SMTP Service Extensions^[14].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1651: SMTP Service Extensions^[15].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1869: SMTP Service Extensions^[16].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1426: SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport^[17].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1427: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration^[18].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1652: SMTP Service Extension for 8bit-MIMEtransport^[19].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1653: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration^[20].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1870: SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration^[21].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 6152: SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport^[22].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1830: SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages^[23].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3030: SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages^[24].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1845: SMTP Service Extension for Checkpoint/Restart^[25].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1846: SMTP 521 Reply Code^[26].
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 1854: SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining^[27].

Why It Matters

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ranks in the top 5% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (557 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]