Email 2

Email 2

1. SMTP

   • This one is used to send emails to other people.
   • The internet standard used for sending messages across IP networks in server-toserver transfers. Also used by email users to send a message to an email server.

2. POP3

   • Used to recieve emails by downloading them
   • Used to retrieve emails from an email server over a TCP/IP connection. This is the most widely used email retrieval protocol. Normally users download emails to their local computer using POP3, deleting them from the email server.

3. IMAP

   • This is used to recieve emails
   • This is the other popular email retrieval protocol. Normally users work on the emails as they reside on the email server using IMAP and do not download them.