POP3 - Post Office Protocol (Version 3)
The most common internet protocol used for the collection of email from a mail server (a POP3 server).
To collect your mail from a POP3 mail server, you will need:
- POP3 mail server name (eg: mail.metawerx.net)
- POP3 user name
- POP3 password
- A POP3 mail client (eg: Evolution, FireBird, Outlook / Outlook Express, Eudora)
See Also
- IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol, a method of storing mailboxes and folders directly on the mail server, for synchronisation, sharing and access by multiple clients
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