What is LMTP?

LMTP is a local mail transfer protocol. They do not have a mail delivery agent on the receiver’s side. They do not work over a WAN. It transfers the email messages from one mail service to another locally. In LMTP, port 24 is used. It works in the same mail server environment. In LMTP, we send the email messages to multiple recipients.

Working of LMTP

Local mail transfer protocol that transfers the email to another local The aim of LMTP is to decline a message that does not reach its destination. The LMTP syntax depends on ESMTP, i.e., the extendable simple mail transfer protocol. ESMTP is responsible for sending and receiving messages over an IP network. There is an LMTP server that connects between sending and receiving messages.

Advantages of LMTP

• It is easy to use.
• It is more secure.
• In LMTP, there are two mail servers for communication.
• It easily handles errors while sending messages.

Disadvantages of LMTP

• They do not have TCP port 25.
• They do not have much storage.
• It immediately declined a message that did not reach the recipient.

SMTP and LMTP are the transmission protocols. The full form of SMTP is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, as the name suggests; it simply transfers the email messages to another over the internet. It works over the wide-area network and the port 25 used in SMTP. The full form of LMTP is a Local Mail Transfer Protocol that transfers email messages to another locally. It does not work over a wide network, and port 24 is used in LMTP. In this article, we will cover the explanation of SMTP and LMTP and their differences.