Comment on Facebook announces new Messaging FeatureparentComments−mike-cardwell15yI'm going to be totally anal now. RFC 5321 obsoleted 2821 in 2008. Also, SMTP isn't the same as e-mail. Just like IMAP isn't the same as e-mail.−ciupicri15yIMAP are POP3 optional. /var/spool/mail/$USER or ~/mobx were enough some time ago, although right now not everyone is running their own mail (smtp) server.−mike-cardwell15ySo is SMTP... How about LMTP?IMO "email" is a combination of the various transport technologies and the message format.
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I'm going to be totally anal now. RFC 5321 obsoleted 2821 in 2008. Also, SMTP isn't the same as e-mail. Just like IMAP isn't the same as e-mail.
IMAP are POP3 optional. /var/spool/mail/$USER or ~/mobx were enough some time ago, although right now not everyone is running their own mail (smtp) server.
So is SMTP... How about LMTP?
IMO "email" is a combination of the various transport technologies and the message format.