Weel 9 - Application Layer (From 03) Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 major components to email?
A
- User Agents
- Mail servers
- SMTP
2
Q
What does each major components do?
A
- User Agents - “ Mail Readers”
- It is used for composing/editing/reading email messages such as outlook, iphone Mail app - Mail Servers -
- Where incoming/outgoing messages are stored
( Mailbox contains incoming messages for user and messages queue of outgoing mail messages)
3 - SMTP - Simple mail transfer protocol between mail servers to send email messages
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