**Christine Lemmer-Webber** @cwebber@social.coop · Jun 17, 2026, 21:26

**Christine Lemmer-Webber** @cwebber@social.coop · Jun 17, 2026, 21:26

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

I'm glad to see Mastodon will be adopting the world's most popular decentralized social networking protocol: SMTP https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/mastodon-looks-to-newsletters-to-help-revive-the-open-social-web/

**Christine Lemmer-Webber** @cwebber@social.coop · Jun 17, 2026, 21:27

**Christine Lemmer-Webber** @cwebber@social.coop · Jun 17, 2026, 21:27

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

Hi everyone I was wondering if someone could explain SMTP to me? Thanks!!!!

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · 2026-06-17T21:35:37Z

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@cwebber It stands for "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol," but not one of those four words has been true since the 1970s.