Poll Results
No votes. Be the first one to vote.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
No votes. Be the first one to vote.
I’ll address your request regarding SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). The statement about SMTP that is wrong is not provided directly in your question, so I’ll list common misconceptions or misunderstandings about SMTP that could be considered wrong statements:
1. SMTP is used for receiving emails. – This statement is incorrect. SMTP is primarily used for sending emails. Protocols like IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) or POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) are used for receiving emails.
2. SMTP encrypts email contents by default. – This statement is false. SMTP by itself does not provide encryption for the email content. It can send data in plain text. Encryption can be added with extensions like STARTTLS, but it’s not inherent to the SMTP protocol itself.
3. SMTP can directly send emails to the recipient’s email address. – This is a misunderstanding. SMTP can send emails to mail servers, which then route the emails to their final destination. Direct sending to an email address (as in directly into an inbox without going through mail servers) is not how SMTP operates.
4. SMTP uses the same port for secured and unsecured emails. – This statement is wrong. SMTP typically uses Port 25 for unsecured connections and Port 465 for secured connections using SSL (deprecated but still in use) and Port 587 for secured connections using STARTTLS.
Please specify if there’s a particular statement about SMTP you are examining, as my response