Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)?

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Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)?

A. IMAP, POP3

B. SMTP, POP3

C. SMTP, MIME

D. IMAP, SMTP

Solution

B. SMTP, POP3

Explanation

SMTP is push protocol and to send email and POP3 is pull protocol i.e. to retrieve email.