Question

Which of the following protocol is used for transferring electronic mail message from one machine to another? 
1. FTP
2. SNMP
3. SMTP
4. HTTP

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : SMTP

• The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and a server on a computer network
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior.
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the standard protocol for sending emails from one machine to another.
• The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, where hypertext documents include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily access.

Therefore FTP protocol is used for transferring electronic mail message from one machine to another