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		j_mcnally on April 19, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitLab Partners with DigitalOcean to make CI more ... im confused too... i think SMTP sends mail.......

cortesoft on April 19, 2016 [–]

SMTP does both the sending and receiving for the server side. Email clients only use SMTP for sending, though, which is probably why you were confused.

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