POP

POP

Post Office Protocol. A protocol for accessing e-mail, allowing e-mails to be downloaded form a server, stored locally and therefore available for off-line reading. cf POP3.

See also: IMAP, SMTP.

For more information see:

• www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1939.html - RFC 1939 defines POP (version 3).
• http://everything.explained.at/Post_Office_Protocol - Post Office Protocol Explained.