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POP/ POP3

Post Office Protocol. The protocol or language used to receive email. It allows a server to hold one's email before being picked up. / POP3 is the third version.
Relevance to Lincoln Elementary District 27: When using Eudora, go to Tools Menu -> Options -> Receiving Mail and make sure POP is checked next to Server Configuration.

POP/POP3 - POP is short for point of presence. It is the location of an access point to the internet. POPs usually will have a unique IP address, for example your district's access point or ISP at home. These POP may reside in a rented space own by a telecom carrier, such as AT&T, or by a higher organization, such as the ISBE for schools.

POP3 is the Post Office Protocol, the standard for receiving email. POP3 works on a client/server relationship. When email is sent to your address, the server holds it until you arrive and download your mail (checking mail). POP3 is built into programs like Eudora, and browsers Netscape and Explorer. The other alternative is IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), where you view email at the server. Email can be kept on and searched at the server. POP3 is a "store and forward" system, where IMAP is just a remote service.

by Michael Marassa

Post Office Protocol 3- This is the standard mail server used on the internet.  It holds the incoming emails until the person receiving the email logs on.  It is then downloaded to the users computer.  POP3 uses the SMTP to transfer mail messages.

All of these different protocols are still confusing to me.  I never realized it was so complicated- I just pushed "send" and it was off- always a miracle when it arrived where it was suppose to go.

by Liz Sanford

POP/POP3

POP, short for Post Office Protocol, allows users to retrieve email from the email server using an email program (such as Eudora or certain versions of Netscape). POP3 is a newer version of POP. POP requires SMTP to send messages. POP3 works with or without SMTP, which sends email between servers. Prior to the introduction of the 214 Access/First Class software, your computer had to be properly configured for POP3 in order to receive your email. With the introduction of the web-based 214 Access email program, we no longer use POP3.

Links: Webopedia on POP/POP3

by Pat Thornburn

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