#!/bin/bash
s="object smtp aaa smtp.asd.com server.smtp.com eq smtp"
sed -E -e ':a' -e 's/(^|[[:blank:]])smtp([[:blank:]]|$)/\125\2/g;ta' <<< "$s"
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