计算机网络理论教学资料 Chapter 2 Homework.docxVIP

1. Suppose Alice with a Web-based e-mail account (such as Yahoo! mail or Hotmail) sends a message to Bob, who accesses his mail from his mail server using POP3. Discuss how the message gets from Alices host to Bobs host. Be sure to list the series of application-layer protocols that are used to move the message between the two hosts.答：step1. Alice使用其用户代理，编写邮件内容、填写Bob的邮箱地址。step2. Alice的用户代理将报文推送给Alice的邮件服务器，邮件服务器接收报文并将其放置于发送队列。（SMTP协议）step3. Alice的邮件服务器根据Alice填写的邮箱地址，与对方邮件服务器（Bob的邮件服务器）建立连接；若建立连接失败，则Alice的邮件服务器（客户机）稍后会继续尝试连接，直到成功与Bob的邮件服务器（服务器）建立连接；一旦成功建立连接，Bob的邮件服务器将会将接收到的报文放置于相对应的用户邮箱中。（SMTP协