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Write the difference between SMTP and POP3.
Distinguish Between
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Solution
Differences between SMTP and POP3 are as follows:
| SMTP | POP3 |
| SMTP sends emails from the sender's computer to the recipient's mail server's mailbox. | POP3 allows you to retrieve and organize mail from the mailbox on the receiver's mail server to your computer. |
| It is implied between the sender and the recipient mail servers. | It exists between the receiver and the receiver mail server. |
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