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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 POP 3.

See also: IMAP, SMTP.

Relevant links:

• www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1939.html - RFC 1939 defines POP (version 3).

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