email server

Digital mail hub

An email server is a computer system that sends, receives, and stores electronic mail.

Outgoing servers use SMTP protocol to route messages; incoming servers use POP or IMAP to deliver mail to recipients.

Organizations run their own email servers or use hosted services: The company's email server crashed, and nobody could send messages for hours.

Related

SMTPEmail transmission protocol
inboxMessage receiving folder
outboxQueue for dispatched messages
spam folderQuarantine for unwanted messages
spamUnsolicited bulk messages

firewall · domain · domain name · hosting · postmaster · bounce · relay · attachment · out of office · protocol · port · authentication · TLS · quarantine · filter · POP3 · IMAP · gateway

Categories

IT Infrastructurecloud computing, data center, virtual machine, VM, router
emailinbox, from, send, to, outbox
web hostingweb hosting, cloud hosting, GoDaddy, Flywheel, control panel
HomelabNAS, Docker, Raspberry Pi, virtualization, hypervisor

Opposites

server role/function

email serverweb server

Delivers pages via HTTP

file server · database server · game server · print server · DNS server

client vs. server architecture

email serveremail client

Program for electronic correspondence

Outlook · Thunderbird · Apple Mail · web browser

digital vs. physical communication infrastructure

email serverpost office

Public mail facility

postal service · postal system · mailroom · telegraph office · courier service

Family

email, server, e-mail, mail, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailbox

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