POP stands for Post Office Protocol. POP is a standard client/server protocol for sending and receiving email. The emails are received and held on your internet server until you pick it up with a client email program, like Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, etc. POP email programs are built into Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers (i.e. Microsoft Outlook Express).
Standing for Post Office Protocol, POP is a method of storing and retrieving emails.
Simply put, this is email that can be downloaded to an email program such as Outlook/Express, Entourage, MacMail, etc. This type of email allows you to compose and read emails offline, and allows you to save email on your own computer.
a standard protocol for receiving e-mail compatible with most e-mail products.
POP, or Post Office Protocol, is a widely used method of retrieving emails from a mail server. You can generally check a POP account from any POP enabled email program, such as Outlook or Netscape Mail, or through some of the many web-only email systems (for example, you could check a POP account through your Yahoo email account). Web-only email systems can generally only be checked at the web site (Hotmail is the exception here, since Microsoft has built in support to check Hotmail email through their email programs as well) and provide no way for you to send emails without going back to their site. On the whole, a POP email account is the best kind to have.
POP stands for "Post Office Protocol." It is a language that is used to send e-mails directly to a client's computer. With web-based e-mail, such as hotmail, or traditional Yahoo, a user logs onto a website, and their e-mail is on that website, not on their own computer.
Post Office Protocal Email. This type of email is actually physically located and stored on the server. You can use your favorite email program to download and view your mail.