Flashcards
Email Protocols
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- 1What Is An Email Protocol?A separate system of protocols has been devised for use purely by email. An email
protocol is a set of rules which allow computers to send and receive emails from a network. - 2What Does SMTP Stand For?Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- 3What Is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol?The internet standard used for sending messages across IP networks in server-to server transfers. Also used by email users to send a message to an email server.
- 4What Does POP 3 Stand For?Post Office Protocol 3
- 5What Is Post Office Protocol 3?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.
- 6What Does IMAP Stand For?Internet Message Access Protocol
- 7What Is Internet Message Access Protocol?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.