Some common services...

• SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

  • Handles local mailboxes as well as mails to and from the Internet
    • Each User of a home network can have his or her own mail address and mailbox => privacy
  • Linux specific
    • Provided by : Sendmail, a Mail Transport Agent
      • “All Internet mails go through Sendmail”
    • More info in : Mail-Administrator-HOWTO, Sendmail manual, Sendmail-cf documentation