SMTP (company)
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SMTP, Inc. is a provider of transactional and email marketing email delivery services based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
or Rackspace
than email marketing company like Constant Contact
. SMTP also offers related services such as tracking and reporting, reputation management, statistical analysis and expert support.
SMTP also provides tools for checking a domain’s DKIM records in DNS as well as for checking forward-confirmed reverse DNS (FCdDNS) for an IP.
The SMTP email delivery service requires that the emails are generated locally from a locally-kept emailing list.
SMTP runs its own redundant data center in the Hurricane Electric
and XO Communications
facility in Fremont, California.
bought EMUmail.
In 1997, SMTP board member Rens Troost co-authored RFC 1806 which provides a mechanism whereby messages conforming to the (RFC 1521) ("MIME") specification can convey presentational information.
In 2005, Lux Scientiae bought the EMUmail outsourcing services business, leaving the SMTP.com email delivery service as the company’s core offering.
The company changed its name to SMTP, Inc. in November 2010. SMTP filed an Initial Public Offering
(IPO) and began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board
as (OTCBB: SMTP) on May 2, 2011.
SMTP obtained a large block of IPv4
addresses from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
on February 3, 2011.
Services
SMTP, Inc. is a cloud service provider that specializes in sending outgoing email for large volume senders. In this regard SMTP is more akin to a technology service provider such as Amazon.comAmazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
or Rackspace
Rackspace
Rackspace US, Inc. is an IT hosting company based in San Antonio, Texas. The company also has offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong, and data centers operating in Texas, Illinois, Virginia, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong in late 2008...
than email marketing company like Constant Contact
Constant Contact
Constant Contact, Inc. , launched in 1998, is an online marketing company serving small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and membership associations. The company offers email marketing, social media marketing, online survey, and event marketing tools....
. SMTP also offers related services such as tracking and reporting, reputation management, statistical analysis and expert support.
SMTP also provides tools for checking a domain’s DKIM records in DNS as well as for checking forward-confirmed reverse DNS (FCdDNS) for an IP.
The SMTP email delivery service requires that the emails are generated locally from a locally-kept emailing list.
SMTP runs its own redundant data center in the Hurricane Electric
Hurricane Electric
Hurricane Electric is a global Internet backbone , with a specific focus on IPv6. Hurricane Electric operates datacenters in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily within the city of Fremont...
and XO Communications
XO Communications
XO Communications is a telecommunications company owned by XO Holdings, Inc...
facility in Fremont, California.
History
The company was founded as EMUmail Inc. in 1998 by Matt Mankins. Three years later Mankins sold EMUmail to the software development company AccuRev. About a year later, former AccuRev CEO and EMUmail board member Semyon DukachSemyon Dukach
Semyon Dukach is the CEO of SMTP, Inc., and a former professional blackjack player with the MIT Blackjack Team. He played with Strategic Investments and later was one of the founding members and team leaders on Amphibian Investments whose exploits were chronicled in Ben Mezrich’s Busting Vegas...
bought EMUmail.
In 1997, SMTP board member Rens Troost co-authored RFC 1806 which provides a mechanism whereby messages conforming to the (RFC 1521) ("MIME") specification can convey presentational information.
In 2005, Lux Scientiae bought the EMUmail outsourcing services business, leaving the SMTP.com email delivery service as the company’s core offering.
The company changed its name to SMTP, Inc. in November 2010. SMTP filed an Initial Public Offering
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
(IPO) and began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board
OTC Bulletin Board
The OTC Bulletin Board or OTCBB is an interdealer electronic quotation system in the United States that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and volume information for many over-the-counter equity securities that are not listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange or a national securities exchange...
as (OTCBB: SMTP) on May 2, 2011.
SMTP obtained a large block of IPv4
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4 is the fourth revision in the development of the Internet Protocol and the first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. Together with IPv6, it is at the core of standards-based internetworking methods of the Internet...
addresses from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is the entity that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System , media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and numbers...
on February 3, 2011.