Your ISP offers email over POP3. What port number should be opened on your firewall to allow POP3 to work properly?
A) tcp/20
B) tcp/25
C) tcp/110
D) tcp/23
E) If I leave the port closed, I’ll finally have a clean inbox!
The answer: C) tcp/110
TCP port 110 is used for the Post Office Protocol version 3. This protocol is one of the most common used for email clients. Email servers generally communicate between each other using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) over TCP port 25.
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