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3394786 - SMTP Communication in SAP - Does it use RFC?

Symptom

In SAP systems, users often wonder whether the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) communicates via Remote Function Call (RFC) for email transmissions. This question arises due to the pervasive use of RFC in SAP for enabling communications between systems.


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Environment

  • Operating System independent
  • Database independent
  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAP Web Application Server for SAP S/4HANA
  • ABAP Platform 

Product

ABAP platform all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions ; SAP Web Application Server for SAP S/4HANA all versions

Keywords

SMTP communication, RFC communication, protocol, SMTP in SAP, SAPconnect , KBA , BC-MID-RFC , RFC , BC-SRV-COM , Communication Services: Mail, Fax, SMS, Telephony , How To

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