A user can receive email but cannot send email with the email client software. Which of the following protocols is incorrectly configured?

The correct answer is B. SMTP. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the protocol responsible for sending (outgoing) email. POP and IMAP handle receiving (incoming) email, which is working correctly in this scenario. FTP is a file transfer protocol unrelated to email, and SNMP is a network management…

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AFTP
BSMTP
CPOP
DSNMP

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A
3% (1)
B
90% (35)
C
5% (2)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the protocol responsible for sending (outgoing) email. POP and IMAP handle receiving (incoming) email, which is working correctly in this scenario. FTP is a file transfer protocol unrelated to email, and SNMP is a network management protocol. Since only sending is broken, SMTP is the misconfigured protocol.

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