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SMTP and IMAP email roles

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SMTP and IMAP are email protocols.

Describe how SMTP and IMAP are used.

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  1. 1 Describes SMTP sending email between servers.
  2. 2 Describes one credited server/client use of IMAP.

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SMTP is used to send email between mail servers. IMAP keeps email on a server and lets a client retrieve, view and manage it across devices.

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SMTP receives messages and IMAP sends them.

The roles are reversed: separate email sending from server-based mailbox retrieval and viewing.

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