# Simple Mail Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security

> method for securing SMTP with transport layer security

**Wikidata**: [Q949493](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949493)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTPS)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/simple-mail-transfer-protocol-over-transport-layer-security


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. RFC 8314: Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access