<s>
The	O
Simple	B-Protocol
Mail	I-Protocol
Access	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
SMAP	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
an	O
application	B-Application
layer	I-Application
Internet	O
protocol	O
for	O
accessing	O
email	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Courier	B-Protocol
suite	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
simpler	O
and	O
more	O
capable	O
alternative	O
to	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
SMAP	B-Protocol
is	O
still	O
considered	O
experimental	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
only	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
Courier	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
and	O
Cone	O
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIME	B-Protocol
attachments	I-Protocol
can	O
be	O
transmitted	O
in	O
their	O
raw	O
,	O
decoded	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
large	O
base64-encoded	O
attachments	O
to	O
be	O
transmitted	O
without	O
the	O
4:3	O
inflation	O
that	O
base64	B-Protocol
encoding	I-Protocol
usually	O
incurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
sending	O
outgoing	O
e-mails	O
through	O
the	O
SMAP	B-Protocol
connection	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
separate	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
connection	O
to	O
the	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
outgoing	O
message	O
only	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
transmitted	O
once	O
to	O
both	O
send	O
it	O
and	O
save	O
a	O
copy	O
to	O
a	O
server-side	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMAP	B-Protocol
clients	O
and	O
servers	O
can	O
fall	O
back	O
to	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
if	O
the	O
peer	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
SMAP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
