http://www.faqs.org/rfc will answer your question "How mail is sent across
two machines on the net" in more detail than you'd wish for :)
Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> From: Ghins Mathai [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LIH] [OT] Any Internet funda site
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> does anybody know of any site that explains various internet fundamental
> such as " how mail is sent across two m/cs on the net". The sites that I
> got
> thru search engines deal with the topic at a very superficial level. I
> would
> like something which explains things in detail
>
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