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That isn't how email works either. SMTP as a protocol is a series of relaying/delivering servers, but there isn't really any storage being done by this servers
by ketralnis 5y ago
That isn't how email works either. SMTP as a protocol is a series of relaying/delivering servers, but there isn't really any storage being done by this servers aside from as part of queuing. Messages aren't normally "stored" in SMTP except while they're in transit.