Messages are exchanged between hosts using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol with software programs called mail transfer agents (MTAs); and delivered to a mail store by programs called mail delivery agents (MDAs, also sometimes called local delivery agents, LDAs). Accepting a message obliges an MTA to deliver it, and when a message can not be delivered, that MTA must send a bounce message back to the sender, indicating the problem.\n\nAnswer this question based on the passage: all email services are based on which software model? Let's think fast. Stream of consciousness:
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The relevant information is: Messages are exchanged between hosts using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol with software programs called mail transfer agents (MTAs); and delivered to a mail store by programs called mail delivery agents (MDAs, also sometimes called local delivery agents, LDAs). So the final answer is the Simple Mail Transfer.
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