The normal operation of SMTP is as follows:
- The email client resolves the IP address of the SMTP server:
- The client opens a TCP connection to the SMTP server on port 25 when SSL/TSL is not enabled. If SSL is enabled, the client will open the session on port 465:
- Upon successful TCP session establishment, the client will send an AUTH LOGIN message to prompt with the account username/password.
- The username and password will be sent to the SMTP client for account verification.
- SMTP will send a response code of 235 if authentication ...