P1 - Email Protocols

Question 1

What does ‘email’ stand for?

Answer 1

electronic mail

Question 2

When were emails first introduced, and when did it become readily available?

Answer 2

introduced - 1960

available - 1970

Question 3

What are the three protocols in email communication?

Answer 3

IMAP (internet mail access protocol)
POP (post office protocol)
SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol

Question 4

What is “IMAP” used for?

Answer 4

When receiving email! Helps have less memory in the local computer as the emails will be present in the server and not get downloaded to the users mail box

Question 5

What is “POP” used for?

Answer 5

When receiving emails as well. Difference however is that POP does download the entire email into the local computer, and deletes it off the server. This is useful in a server with less free memory.

Question 6

What is “SMTP” used for?

Answer 6

It is a protocol used to send mails