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by vy8vWJlco 4957 days ago
But... SMTP stands for SIMPLE Mail Transfer Protocol.
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Depends on what you are comparing it to. LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. I don't think that anyone would consider LDAP lightweight, but compared to X.509...
There's also Simple Object Access Protocol.
Not if I stick my fingers in my ears and shout loudly enough.