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Electronic Mail (E-Mail) : Dr. H.Parveen Sultana, School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT, Vellore-14

Electronic mail, also known as email, allows for the exchange of digital messages between users. Email systems operate on a store-and-forward model, with email servers accepting, forwarding, delivering, and storing messages. Key protocols like SMTP and POP3/IMAP facilitate email delivery and access. The basic components of an email include a header containing sender/recipient information and a message body containing the content. Email addresses uniquely identify users in the form of a local part separated from a domain name by an "@" symbol.

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Electronic Mail (E-Mail) : Dr. H.Parveen Sultana, School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT, Vellore-14

Electronic mail, also known as email, allows for the exchange of digital messages between users. Email systems operate on a store-and-forward model, with email servers accepting, forwarding, delivering, and storing messages. Key protocols like SMTP and POP3/IMAP facilitate email delivery and access. The basic components of an email include a header containing sender/recipient information and a message body containing the content. Email addresses uniquely identify users in the form of a local part separated from a domain name by an "@" symbol.

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Electronic Mail (E-mail)

Dr. H.Parveen Sultana,


School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT, Vellore-14
Introduction
• Electronic mail - E-mail.

• exchanging digital messages for human use.

• E-mail system is based on store and forward model.

• E-mail server accepts, forward, deliver and store messages

• User needs to connect to the E-mail infrastructure.

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History of E-mail
• Internet e-mail - ARPANET.

• Standards for encoding of messages -1973.

• Network-based e-mail was initially exchanged on the


ARPANET in extension to the FTP.

• But today it is supported by SMTP.

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Why to use e-mail
• send a message anytime anywhere.
• send the same message to several people at same time around the world.
• forward the information to many people without retyping the message.
• mail electronic documents and recipient can edit those documents and
revert back to you.
• fast compared to postal mail system.

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Structure of E-mail
An e-mail message consists of two components:

• Message header - control information, sender and recipients


e-mail addresses.

• It may include subject header field as additional information.

• Message body - e-mail content.

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Header Field
• From - senders e-mail address
• To - recipient mail addresses.
• Bcc - Blind carbon copy.
• Cc - Carbon copy.
• Date - The local time and date when the message was written.
• Subject - A brief summary of the topic of the message.
• Message-ID - automatically generated.
• Attachment: You can send multiple files as attachments.
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E-mail address
• To deliver e-mail to the correct recipient, the system uses
unique addresses.

• Address consist of two parts

Local part and Domain name, these are separated by @ sign.

[email protected]

[email protected]
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Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3)
• E-mail - the sender establish a TCP connection to the receiver and then sends the e-mail over it.

• what happens when user A wants to send e-mail to user B and user B is
not currently on-line?

• Here user A cannot establish a TCP connection with user B and thus cannot run the SMTP
protocol.

• create another protocol that allows user transfer agents to contact the message transfer agent
and allow e-mail to be copied from the ISP to the user.

• One such protocol is POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3).

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Contd…
• POP3 begins when the user starts the mail reader.

• The mail reader calls up the ISP and establishes a TCP connection with the message transfer
agent at port 110.

• the POP3 protocol goes through three states in sequence:

Authorization.

 Transactions.

 Update.

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Advantages of POP3
• Email is available when you are offline.
• not stored on the server, so your disk usage on the server is less.
• Any email client (software) supports POP3

Disadvantages of POP3
• Can be much slower to check mail
• Much harder to do server-side filtering.
• Mail is inaccessible from other machines.

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IMAP (Internet Message Access
Protocol)
• POP3 allows to access single e-mail account - from work, home
PC, laptop when on business trips, and from cyber cafes.
• downloads all stored messages at each contact
• the user's e-mail quickly gets spread over multiple machines
• This disadvantage gave rise to an alternative final delivery
protocol, IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)

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Advantages of IMAP
• Email is available from any machine
• stored on the server - email cannot be deleted/destroyed.
• access IMAP mail via the web, without even needing a mail client installed.
• check your mail from someone else's machine
or even a public terminal
• no need to worry about the security of your passwords.

Disadvantages of IMAP
• Mail is not usually available if you are offline.

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Thank you

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