From: [email protected] Subject: [Trisquel-users] is email a communication protocol? Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 21:17:20 +0200 (CEST)
> It's a free communication protocol, right? IMO email, formerly e-mail or electronic mail, is a communication method not a protocol per se. Protocols are used when you use email, but they can be anything from the SMTP/IMAP/POP internet set, through UUCP and Fidonet (older open email formats) to proprietary offerings and things which belong in history like X.400. Essentially what you've asked is 'is the telephone a protocol?' Yes there are phone protocols, but the telephone itself isn't one.
