Internet E-Mail Standards

PC with

local Email

program

Message

Downloading &

Uploading

via POP or IMAP

SMTP

(Simple Mail

Transfer Protocol)

PC with

Software that

that handles mail

in real time

Message Content Standard

RFC 822: Text Only

MIME: Multimedia

Attachment Encoding

Binhex, UUENCODE, MIME

Vendor-Specific

Communication

E-Mail Host

E-Mail Host

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