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    - everything is there, do with diagrams

    o SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.


    o SMTP is a set of communication guidelines that allow software to transmit an
    electronic mail over the internet is called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
    o It is a program used for sending messages to other computer users based on
    e-mail addresses.
    o It provides a mail exchange between users on the same or different
    computers, and it also supports:
    o It can send a single message to one or more recipients.
    o Sending message can include text, voice, video or graphics.
    o It can also send the messages on networks outside the internet.
    o The main purpose of SMTP is used to set up communication rules between
    servers. The servers have a way of identifying themselves and announcing
    what kind of communication they are trying to perform. They also have a way
    of handling the errors such as incorrect email address. For example, if the
    recipient address is wrong, then receiving server reply with an error message
    of some kind.

    Components of SMTP

    o First, we will break the SMTP client and SMTP server into two components
    such as user agent (UA) and mail transfer agent (MTA). The user agent (UA)
    prepares the message, creates the envelope and then puts the message in the
    envelope. The mail transfer agent (MTA) transfers this mail across the internet.
    o SMTP allows a more complex system by adding a relaying system. Instead of
    just having one MTA at sending side and one at receiving side, more MTAs
    can be added, acting either as a client or server to relay the email.

    o The relaying system without TCP/IP protocol can also be used to send the
    emails to users, and this is achieved by the use of the mail gateway. The mail
    gateway is a relay MTA that can be used to receive an email.
    Working of SMTP
    1. Composition of Mail: A user sends an e-mail by composing an electronic
    mail message using a Mail User Agent (MUA). Mail User Agent is a program
    which is used to send and receive mail. The message contains two parts: body
    and header. The body is the main part of the message while the header
    includes information such as the sender and recipient address. The header
    also includes descriptive information such as the subject of the message. In
    this case, the message body is like a letter and header is like an envelope that
    contains the recipient's address.
    2. Submission of Mail: After composing an email, the mail client then submits
    the completed e-mail to the SMTP server by using SMTP on TCP port 25.
    3. Delivery of Mail: E-mail addresses contain two parts: username of the
    recipient and domain name. For example, [email protected], where "vivek" is
    the username of the recipient and "gmail.com" is the domain name.
    If the domain name of the recipient's email address is different from the
    sender's domain name, then MSA will send the mail to the Mail Transfer Agent
    (MTA). To relay the email, the MTA will find the target domain. It checks the
    MX record from Domain Name System to obtain the target domain. The MX
    record contains the domain name and IP address of the recipient's domain.
    Once the record is located, MTA connects to the exchange server to relay the
    message.
    4. Receipt and Processing of Mail: Once the incoming message is received, the
    exchange server delivers it to the incoming server (Mail Delivery Agent) which
    stores the e-mail where it waits for the user to retrieve it.
    5. Access and Retrieval of Mail: The stored email in MDA can be retrieved by
    using MUA (Mail User Agent). MUA can be accessed by using login and
    password.

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