Ivan Centamori explains how the venerable Simple Mail Transfer Protocol works and why it is so long-lived and still nearly like it was decades ago.

[...] it is not the latest JavaScript framework born last night and already obsolete this morning. No. It is persistence. It is the ability of certain technologies to remain immobile while the world around them swirls madly.

https://centamori.com/index.php?slug=smtp-protocol&lang=en

#smtp #email #protocol

Ivan Centamori explains how the venerable Simple Mail Transfer Protocol works and why it is so long-lived and still nearly like it was decades ago.

[...] it is not the latest JavaScript framework born last night and already obsolete this morning. No. It is persistence. It is the ability of certain technologies to remain immobile while the world around them swirls madly.

https://centamori.com/index.php?slug=smtp-protocol&lang=en

#smtp #email #protocol