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Which of the following protocol pairs can be used to send and retrieve e-mails (in that order)?

1. IMAP, POP3
2. SMTP, POP3
3. SMTP, MIME
4. IMAP, SMTP

Correct answer: SMTP, POP3

Solution

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used to send emails from a client to a server, while POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) is used to retrieve emails from the server to the client, making this pair suitable for the specified order of operations.

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