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GATE | GATE CS 2012 | Question 65

Which of the following transport layer protocols is used to support electronic mail?
(A) SMTP
(B) IP
(C) TCP
(D) UDP

Answer: (C)
Explanation: E-mail uses SMTP as application layer protocol.

TCP and UDP are two transport layer protocols. SMTP uses TCP as transport layer protocol as TCP is reliable.
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