This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Receiving requests by email
They are standard email mailbox protocols. Think of them as the landing place for emails (like the doormat, mail cage or cat behind your letterbox - when mail arrives at your house, you go there to pick it up)
This is an oversimplification, of course, because they both do a lot more, but that's the basic principle.
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