INTRODUCTION
PROTOCOL LAYERING
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Used by Web Browsers to access websites and communicate with web servers.
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A more secure version of HTTP uses Encryption
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A more secure version of HTTP uses Huffman Trees
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Used to access, edit and move files between devices on a network. e.g. to access files on a server from a client computer.
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Used to retrieve emails from a server.
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Detailed explanation-1: -IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is an application layer protocol which is used to receive the emails from the mail server. It is the most commonly used protocols like POP3 for retrieving the emails.
Detailed explanation-2: -Email clients use Mail Access protocols like the POP/ IMAP protocols to retrieve/ sync emails from the server. Basically, mail access protocols are used to download or sync emails from the server. Email clients use transfer protocol-the SMTP protocol to transfer/ send emails through the server.
Detailed explanation-3: -POP3 and IMAP are handling the incoming emails and they operate in different ways to retrieve or access your email messages. Thus, they are considered mail access protocols. On the other hand, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is behind the message transfer from server to server, or mail client to server.