Definition of Post office protocol

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Post Office Protocol
POP, protocol for receiving electronic mail from a central POP server (Computers)

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Post Office Protocol Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Post Office Protocol
<messagingprotocol> (POP) A protocol designed to allow single user computers to retrieve electronic mail from a POP server. The POP server might be a computer with a permanent Internet connection whereas its clients might only connect to it occasionally, e.g. by modem.
There are (in 1994) three versions: POP, POP2, and POP3. Later versions are NOT compatible with earlier ones.
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(1997-03-06)

A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology
POP
Post Office Protocol - standard for exchanging E-mail between a users PC their Internet Access Provider .

WebGuest Web Glossary
POP - Post Office Protocol
Internet  protocol  used by your ISP  to handle email for its subscribers. A POP account is just a synonym for an email account.

Jensen's Technology Glossary
POP3
An established protocol that lets Internet users send and retrieve e-mail to and from mail servers. POP3 provides simple store-and-forward e-mail functionality, compared with the richer IMAP4 specification.
(See Internet Messaging ).

Internetworking Terms
Post Office Protocol
A protocol designed to allow single user hosts to read mail from a server. There are three versions: POP, POP2, and POP3. Latter versions are NOT compatible with earlier versions. See also: Electronic Mail.

The Internet Dictionary
POP (1)
(Post Office Protocol) Makes available client-server e-mail messaging.


Post Office Protocol Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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post office protocol

post office protocol
(pop) a protocol designed to allow single user computers to retrieve electronic mail from a pop server. the pop server might be a computer with a permanent internet connection whereas its clients might only connect to it occasionally, e.g. by modem.



Post Office Protocol Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Post Office Protocol
In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an  application-layer Internet standard  protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. Many subscribers to individual Internet service provider e-mail accounts access their e-mail with client software that uses POP3.

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