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14 October, 2007

(66) You've Got Mail !

In August 1982, a very important document was published that explained the procedures e-mail servers use when accepting mail from users and delivering from server to server. Who wrote the document and what was it entitled?

submitted by: techfun

ANSWER: Jonathan B. Postel, "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol" (SMTP) or RFC 821

2 answers:

Susie Q said...

Jonathan B. Postel, and the title was "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol" (SMTP).

Anonymous said...

Way to go Susie!

I would have also accepted a simpler: RFC 821

as the title.