名词解释:ESP 和 MP

ESP 是 Email Service Provider 的缩写,以前行业内在交流的时候,大家缺省认为提供邮箱服务的就是 ESP,现在看这种称呼是有问题的,应该予以纠正,否则国际交流的时候会闹笑话。

在去年12月的 RFC6449(关于 FBL) 里明确定义:

  1. Email Service Provider (ESP) - A provider of email sending services; the ESP is often a Message Originator working on behalf of a Message Author. MAAWG uses the term "ESP" solely for this definition and does not refer to a Mailbox Provider for End Users as ESPs.
  2. Mailbox Provider - A company or organization that provides email mailbox hosting services for End Users and/or organizations. Many Mailbox Providers are also Access Providers.
  3. Access Provider - Any company or organization that provides End Users with access to the Internet. It may or may not be the same entity that the End User uses as a Mailbox Provider.

在今年6月刚刚出的RFC6650里也同样沿用了上述 Email Service Provider 和 Mailbox Provider 的定义。

另外关于 FBL 的实现,RFC 里提出了 Feedback Provider 的概念,我觉得还有点道理,理论上 FP 和 MP 可以不是一个实体,搜狐邮箱可以先把 FP 这一块的服务独立出来开发。

附:有时候觉得老外真是严谨得过了头,当看到 Mandrill 提供的 SMTP 服务除了 25 和 465(SSL SMTP) 之外,还提供了 587 这么屌爆了的端口,orz.... 严格来说,ESP 提供的确实是 MSA 服务

更新:发现 ReturnPath 就是一家专业的 Feedback Provider

Topic: 电子邮件

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