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    The document provides information about email protocols and commands used in SMTP and POP3. It discusses encoding of messages using base64 and quoted-printable in SMTP. It also defines several commands used in POP3 like STAT, LIST, USER, TOP, and RSET and provides examples of their usage and meaning. STAT and LIST are used to show message counts and sizes. USER is for authentication. TOP displays message headers and lines. RSET resets a session and undeletes messages. Efficiency of encoding is also compared between the two methods discussed.

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    Computer Networks

    Module 9

    Read Chapter 26 in the Text

    35 points (5 points for each question)

    1. Email applications typically use TCP as a transport protocol. Why is this?


    2. In SMTP:
    a. A non-ASCII message of 1000 bytes is encoded using base-64.
    i. How many bytes are in the encoded message?

    Non-ASCII bits = 1000*8 = 8000


    No. of 24-bit blocks = 8000/24 =334
    Bytes in encoded message = 334*4 = 1336

    ii. How many bytes are redundant?


    No. of redundant bytes = 1336 – 1000 =336

    iii. What is the ratio of redundant bytes to the total message?


    1:4

    b. A message of 1000 bytes is encoded using quoted-printable.


    i. The message consists of 90% ASCII and 10% non-ASCII
    characters.

    ASCII bytes 90% of 1000 = 900 bytes ->Keep ASCII as it is


    Non-ASCII bytes 10% of 1000 = 100 bytes->sent 3 characters for
    1. So, 300 bytes.

    1. How many bytes are in the encoded message?


    Bytes in encoded message = 1200

    2. How many bytes are redundant?


    No. of redundant bytes = 1200 – 1000 =200

    3. What is the ratio of redundant bytes to the total


    message?
    1:6
    c. Compare the results of the two previous cases.
    i. How much is the efficiency improved if the message is a
    combination of ASCII and non-ASCII characters?
    Efficiency in (a)=1000/1336 =74.8%
    Efficiency in (b)=1000/1200 =83.3%
    The efficiency improved =8.5%

    Look up the RFC 1939 (Post Office Protocol). RFC Documents are used to define
    Internet protocols of all kinds and new protocols are added, each with its own
    RFC numbered document.

    3. Using the RFC 1939 document find and provide the meaning of the
    following commands:
    a. STAT (Get drop listing):
    It is used to show the number of messages in the maildrop and its size
    in octets.
    These are shown in a line called “drop listing”.
    The line contains the positive response “+OK” followed by a single
    space, the number of messages in the maildrop, and the size of the
    maildrop in octets.
    Example:
    C: STAT
    S: +OK 2 320

    b. LIST (Get a scan listing of one or all messages.):


    It is used to display the summary of messages. The response may be
    negative or a positive response. A positive response will contain a line
    that serves as the “scan listing” for a particular message. A scan listing
    contains the message-number of the message, followed by a single
    space and the exact size of the message in octets.
    Example:
    C: LIST
    S: +OK 2 messages (320 octets)
    S: 1 120
    S: 2 200

    c. USER:
    It is used in authorization state for authorization. The command is
    executed as USER name, then the POP3 server responds with indicator
    "+OK" after which client will enter password command.
    Example:
    C: USER guhan
    S: +OK
    C: PASS secret
    S: -ERR invalid password

    d. TOP 1 10(Get the top 10 lines):


    It is used to display the header of the messages and it displays the
    first 10 lines of the body.
    Example:
    C: TOP 1 10
    S: +OK (the POP3 server then sends the headers of the message, a blank
    line, and the first 10 lines of the message body)

    e. RSET (Remove the deletion marking from all messages):


    It is used to reset the session to its initial state. This will undelete all
    messages deleted using DELE command.

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