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History of Email

In 1971, the first electronic mail (email) was created by


Ray Tomlinson. CPYNET allowed the first networked
electronic mail over the ARPANET. The addresses
contained the @ character as a separator between local
part and host. 1974 IBM provided mail transfer between
individuals. In 1982, Shiva Ayyadurai composes a US
copyright registration, for a work named Email.
Types of email:
Webmail - it is an email service that can be accessed using a

standard web browser. e.g. Gmail, AOL mail, mail fence,

and Proton mail, Outlook, Hot Mail, Yahoo.

Email Client Software - IT is a computer program used to

access and manage a user’s email. e.g. MS Access.


Types of Email Protocol
These are common email protocols:
SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
SMTP is the principal email protocol that is responsible for the
transfer of emails between email clients and email servers.
POP (Post Office Protocol)
Email clients use the POP protocol support in the server to
download the emails. This is primarily a one-way protocol and does
not sync back the emails to the server.
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
IMAP Protocol is used to sync the emails in the server with the
email clients. It allows two-way sync of emails between the server
and the email client, while the emails are stored on the server.

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