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> Does simple have to equal easy?

laughs in Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Well, it used to be. Before they discovered headers...

laughs even harder in lightweight directory access protocol

Any protocol with the words "lightweight" or "simple" in the name, is not. Looking at you, SNMP.

The protocols themselves are lightweight or simple, but using them may not be.

Imagine that your protocol for choosing dinner with your SO is:

You: What would you like:

Them: I don't care.

There, simple! Getting some useful information out of that is an exercise left for the reader.

Wonderful analogy - thank you for that.