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By: Derek Ton & Alex Pappas. TCP/IP Mail Services. E-Mail. Most frequently used internet service that you will manage as network administrator. You need to understand how they work in order to set up and support mail clients or install and configure a mail server. Background.
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By: Derek Ton & Alex Pappas TCP/IP Mail Services
E-Mail • Most frequently used internet service that you will manage as network administrator. • You need to understand how they work in order to set up and support mail clients or install and configure a mail server.
Background • Mail clients send messages to and receive messages from mail servers. • They also provide some organization to the messages, filter according to content, or sender information, set message priority, create and use distribution lists, send file attachments (more)
Cont. • Interpret graphic and HTML content. • Hundreds of different types of mail clients exist • In Most cases you can use a mail client other than the package supplied by the internet provider
Popular Mail Client Software • Eudora • Microsoft Outlook • Pegasus Mail • Many others such as AOL provide both internet access and a Mail Client software with their internet Access
SMTP • Belongs to port 25 • It is associated with E-Mail • It is a simple sub-protocol • There are also: • MIME, POP, and IMAP
Questions • What is the most frequently used internet service? • Name three mail services protocols. • What port number does SMTP belong to.
Answers • E-Mail • MIME, POP, IMAP • 25