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CompTIA A+ 220-901

Category - Networking

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A company’s mail server is running out of space. The decision is made to make the mail clients download the mail they receive into their own local inbox to get it off of the server. What protocol should the clients use to communicate with the server?
  1. IMAP4
  2. SNMP
  3. SMTP
  4. POP3
Explanation
Answer: D - POP3 should be used in this case, as POP3 deletes the messages from the server once they are downloaded to the client.

Key Takeaway: POP3 is a mail client protocol whose default behavior is to remove the messages from the server and download them to the local client. IMAP4 leaves a copy on the server unless told not to, and SMTP is the protocol used to send mail between servers.
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