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POP (Post Office Protocol) - The protocol that an e-mail server and client usewhen the client requests the downloading of e-mailmessages.
pop & imap
We use mircsoft ourlook client to download email from email-server. It uses POP3 or IMAP protocol to download emails to client
No. The POP3 protocol is a network protocol. It is only concerned with the messages sent back and forth between the mail server and the mail client. The internal format of the mailbox files on the server is only of concern to the POP3 server software. It needs to be able to read the mailbox files so it can send the proper messages to the POP3 client in order to transfer the email. HTH, Gdunge
POP (post office protocol) is usually used to retreive emails from a server.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, is the technology used to send out email messages. It goes hand in hand with POP (Post Office Protocol) that is, typically, employed for receiving emails from a web server to an email program or an email client.
The POP protocol, by default, downloads messages to your computer and then deletes them from the mail server. If you leave all of your email on a primary computer (for example, your office computer) but want to have access to recently received email on a secondary computer (a home computer), you should leave your messages on the server for a limited period of time.
POP3 is actually Post Office Protocol 3 which is an enhanced version of the standard protocol for receiving email. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which the email can be received. There are other protocols such as Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). if this answer is wrong,correct me..
FTP, NFS, DNS, email, and HTTP (the web browsing protocol) all rely on client server model.
Hotmail runs on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP ) which moves email messages from one server to the next. The actual type of servers used to store the emails is not disclosed.
Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is a protocol used by email clients to retrieve emails from a mail server. It operates on port 110 and typically downloads emails from the server to the client's device.
IMAP and POP.