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''Acronym''. '''P'''ost '''O'''ffice '''P'''rotocol.
  
'''Post Office Protocol (POP)''' is a type of computer networking and Internet standard protocol used by email clients to retrieve email from a mail server. '''POP''' is an application layer protocol that provides end users the ability to fetch and receive email. '''POP3''' is the most recent version.  
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'''Post Office Protocol (POP)''' is a type of computer networking and Internet standard protocol used by email clients to retrieve email from a mail server. It is an application layer protocol. '''POP''' provides end users the ability to fetch and receive email. '''POP3''' is the most recent version.  
  
  
  
==More info==
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===For more information, see:===
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol |Post Office Protocol] on Wikipedia
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol Post Office Protocol] on Wikipedia
* [https://computer.howstuffworks.com/e-mail-messaging/email.htm]  
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* [https://computer.howstuffworks.com/e-mail-messaging/email.htm Email Messaging] on HowStuffWorks
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 22 March 2019

Acronym. Post Office Protocol.

Post Office Protocol (POP) is a type of computer networking and Internet standard protocol used by email clients to retrieve email from a mail server. It is an application layer protocol. POP provides end users the ability to fetch and receive email. POP3 is the most recent version.


For more information, see: