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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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To set up and access e-mail, you have a lot of choices today. You can use the

traditional ISP method that requires a dedicated e-mail application.

Increasingly today, though, people use e-mail clients built into whatever

device they use. Finally, you can use a Web-based e-mail client accessible

from any device. The difficulty with this section is that all of this is blending

somewhat with the advent of account-based access to devices, such as using

your Microsoft account to log on to your Windows PC.

All e-mail addresses come in the accountname@Internet domain format.

To add a new account, provide your name, e-mail address, and password.

Assuming the corporate or organization server is set up correctly, that’s all

you have to do today.

In the not so distant past, however, and still referenced on the CompTIA

A+ exams, setting up an e-mail client had challenges. Not only did you have

to have a valid e-mail address acquired from the provider and a password,

you had to configure both the incoming and outgoing mail server

information. You would add the names of the Post Office Protocol version 3

(POP3) or Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 (IMAP4) server and

the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. The POP3 or IMAP server

is the computer that handles incoming (to you) e-mail. Most mail happens

through the latest version of IMAP, IMAP4. The SMTP server handles your

outgoing e-mail.

EXAM TIP Make sure you know your port numbers for these e-mail

protocols! POP3 uses port 110, IMAP uses port 143, and SMTP uses port 25.

Also, you will almost certainly get one or two questions on which protocol

handles incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) and outgoing mail (SMTP).

Integrated Solutions

All mobile devices have an integrated e-mail client, fully configured to work

within the mobile ecosystem. Apple devices, such as the iPad, enable you to

create and use an iCloud account that syncs across all your Apple devices.

The iCloud e-mail setup process assumes you’ll use iCloud for all that

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