If you want to send or receive an email, you should have a mail server capable of sending and receiving mail across the Internet. In this post, we will discuss the Linux mail server and how SMTP protocol (the standard protocol for mail transport across the internet) works, as well as other mail-related protocols like Post Office Protocol (POP) and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and the relationship between them.

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