Articles by Paul Barlow

Many people use email on a regular basis but we never stop to think about how it works and how important and beneficial understating is can actually be. The email process seems rather simple; you simply log into your email account, a click with the mouse, and before you know it you have read the message waiting, replied to it, and sent your own email. Although it seems simple; there is a lot of technology going on behind the scenes. There are two standards used in sending and receiving electronic mail: Post Office Protocol (POP) and Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP).