Email Protocol

Email Protocol

1. POP3

   • Used to retrieve emails from an email server over a TCP/IP connection (Don't need internet)
   • The most widely used email Receival protocol
   • Normally users download emails to their computer using POP3
     • Removing them from the email server

2. SMTP

   • This is the standard protocol used for sending emails
   • Also used by email users to send a message to an email server.
   • used to send messages across IP networks

3. IMAP

   • Protocol that Receives emails
   • Users work on the emails as they reside on the email server using IMAP and do not download them.

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