COMPUTER NETWORKING

APPLICATION LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Email is emerging as one of the most valuable services on the internet today. Most of the internet systems use ____ as a method to transfer mail from one user to another ____ is a push protocol and is used to send the mail whereas POP (post office protocol) or IMAP (internet message access protocol) are used to retrieve those mails at the receiver’s side.
A
HTTP
B
FTP
C
SMTP
D
TELNET
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail. It is typically used with POP3 or Internet Message Access Protocol to save messages in a server mailbox and download them periodically from the server for the user.

Detailed explanation-2: -SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving email. SMTP is used most commonly by email clients, including Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and Yahoo Mail.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is SMTP and POP. SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages.

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