Question

Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)?
1. IMAP, POP3
2. SMTP, POP3
3. SMTP, MIME
4. IMAP, SMTP

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : SMTP, POP3

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the standard protocol for sending emails across the Internet.

• IMAP and POP3 are the Internet mail protocols used for retrieving emails.

• MIME allows the users to exchange different kinds of data files in an email: audio, video, images, etc.

• SMPT, POP3 and SMTP, IMAP are the possible correct answer in which only SMTP, POP3 is present in option 2.