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...by studentsBy students here </td> </tr> </table> E-mail ClientsBlah blah blah E-mail ServersFor most people, your e-mail system will consist of two servers. Outgoing mail will be handled by a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. Incoming mail is often handled by a Post Office Protocol (POP3) server or an Internet Mail Address Protocol (IMAP) server. Your incoming and outgoing mail servers will often be located on the same machine. SMTPWhen you send an e-mail your e-mail client will connect to your SMTP server. It will send your e-mail address, the recipients address and the message to this server. The SMTP server will split the recipients address into a user name and a domain name. The domain name will be used to find the incoming mail server that it should pass the message to. If your recipient is on the same domain as you, the server will likely not have to perform this look-up. The message is then passed along to the incoming mail server. If the SMTP is unable to send the message, it will be put in a queue. It will attempt to resend the message and will notify you if it is having difficulties. POP3A POP3 server allows you to access e-mail that has been sent to you. The server stores all messages for a user in a text file. When a new message arrives it is simply appended to the bottom of the file. Depending on how your e-mail client is set up, messages may be deleted from the server once they are downloaded. IMAPAn IMAP sever does more work on the server side than POP3. Messages are not deleted when downloaded and you can organize your messages in folders. This makes it easier to access your e-mail from multiple locations. Message FormatAn e-mail message is divided into two main sections; the header and the body. The header consists of information about the message; things like the "To", "From" and "Subject" fields. The body of an e-mail is the content of the message. Message HeaderBlah blah blah Message BodyBlah blah blah MIMEMIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It is a message encoding standard that allows you to include things like special characters and non-text attachments with an e-mail. Plain Text and HTMLBlah blah blah Further Readings
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