Weel 9 - Application Layer (From 03) Flashcards

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What are the 3 major components to email?

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  1. User Agents
  2. Mail servers
  3. SMTP
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What does each major components do?

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  1. User Agents - “ Mail Readers”
    - It is used for composing/editing/reading email messages such as outlook, iphone Mail app
  2. 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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