Learn to say popular email transfer and authentication protocol acronyms correctly.
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How is SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, used to send email between servers) correctly pronounced?
SMTP is pronounced 'ES-EM-TEE-PEE' — every letter spoken individually, S-M-T-P. In a technical interview: "SMTP handed the message off to the recipient's mail server within a couple of seconds."
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How is IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol, used to sync email across multiple devices) correctly pronounced?
IMAP is pronounced 'EYE-map' — the letter 'I' plus 'map', the everyday word. In a technical interview: "IMAP kept every folder in sync across my phone, laptop, and webmail at the same time."
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How is POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3, used to download email to a single device) correctly pronounced?
POP3 is pronounced 'PEE-OH-PEE-THREE' — 'P', 'O', 'P' spoken as letters, plus the number 'three'. In a technical interview: "POP3 downloaded the messages and removed them from the server, which caused headaches once people had multiple devices."
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How is MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, used to send attachments and rich content in email) correctly pronounced?
MIME is pronounced 'MYM' — one syllable, exactly like the everyday word for a silent performer. In a technical interview: "MIME let the email carry the PDF invoice as an attachment alongside the plain-text body."
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How is DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail, an email authentication method using cryptographic signatures) correctly pronounced?
DKIM is pronounced 'DEE-kim' — the letter 'D' plus 'kim', like the common name. In a technical interview: "DKIM signed every outgoing message, so recipients could verify it really came from our domain."