A network protocol that permits a client computer to access e-mail messages on a server. Usually, this means that a POP3 server is used to allow a client computer to retrieve mail that an SMTP server is holding for it.

A protocol for servers on the Internet that receive, store, and transmit e-mail and for clients on computers that connect to the servers to download and upload e-mail. Acronym: POP.

(POP3) Defined in RFC 1081. POP3 allows a client computer to retrieve electronic mail from a POP3 server via a TCP/IP connection.

The Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is a protocol that permits a workstation to dynamically access a mail drop on a server in a useful fashion. Usually, this means that a POP3 server is used to allow a workstation to retrieve mail that an SMTP server is holding for it. POP3 is specified in RFC 1725.

Post Office Protocol is the most common protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. Most e-mail applications or e-mail clients use the POP protocol.

This is a standard protocol for retrieving e-mail from a mail server. And it works much like a post office. When someone sends your mail, it arrives at a mailbox at your ISP's “post office,” and you can retrieve it anytime. If you access the Internet over a dial-up connection, you'll almost certainly retrieve your mail by POP.

Which is commonly used on the Internet to allow users to get their e-mail from an Internet account using a local PC.

Protocol for receiving mails via a client.

An Internet standard for storage and retrieval of email messages.

Internet protocol for retrieving e-mail from a server host.

A common way to check e-mail, usually used with Outlook and Outlook Express.

The way e-mail software such as Eudora gets mail from a mail server. When you obtain a SLIP, PPP or shell account you almost always get a POP account with it, and it is this POP account that you tell your e-mail software to use to get your mail.

a TCP/IP protocol used in electronic mail that allows users working on intelligent devices such as personal computers to do a lot of work on local devices. POP may also refer to 'point of presence', which is a site with a collection of telecommunications equipment, usually digital-leased lines and multi-protocol routers. (p. 57)

(POP) POP is designed to allow end users to retrieve email, and then to view and edit those messages without needing to stay connected to the email server. Although clients have an option to leave mail on server, most generally connect, retrieve all messages, store them on the user's PC as new messages, delete them from the server, and then disconnect. While there are a large number of POP clients, we recommend Thunderbird. Wikipedia has a good comparison of email clients if you are interested.

This is an application protocol for sending and retrieving e-mail. Eudora uses this protocol. Duke's POP server - mail-xx.acpub.duke.edu (Replace xx with the first two letters of your userid.)

or - Point Of Presence: Post Office Protocol is a method of retrieving email from a server.

An access path for browser-enabled users to communicate with "mail to" requests from Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

A protocol for retrieving e-mail. Also referred to as POP3 (version 3), it downloads all new e-mail messages from the server and stores them locally on a users machine.

One common protocol used for retrieving mail from an ISP. See IMAP for an example of another remote-access mail protocol. PPP

A maildrop service that allows a client to retrieve mail that the server is holding for it. The most recent implementation is Version 3, or POP3.

A protocol designed to allow single users to read mail from a server. There are three versions: POP, POP2, and POP3. When email is sent to you, it is stored on the server until accessed by you. Once you are authenticated, the POP is used to transmit the stored mail from the server to your local mailbox on your client machine.

A protocol that allows single users to read mail from a server.

This is a method of retrieving e-mail from an e-mail server. Most e-mail applications (sometimes called an e-mail client) use the POP protocol, although some can use the newer IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol).

A protocol for retrieving email from an email server. That is, it allows you to collect emails from an account that you have on another computer (called a server, or host) to your own email software, such as Outlook, Netscape Messenger, Eudora, Exchange, etc. It lacks some of the functionality IMAP offers, such as the ability to search through your messages by key word while they're still on the server.

A standard protocol that enables a user to retrieve e-mail from a server. The Post Office Protocol (POP) is not the only way to retrieve e-mail, but it is the most common.

A protocol for receiving messages from a server and for downloading those messages to a client computer. Because messages are stored on the client computer, users can read messages without being connected to the server. See also Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP).

The Post Office Protocol, a method used by an email client to download email from a mailserver.

Post Office Protocol refers to a way that e-mail client software such as Eudora or MS-Outlook gets mail from a mail server.

Method by which e-mail clients pick up e-mail from a mail server. POP3, a widely deployed mail access protocol, refers to Version Three of the post office protocol.

A system that allows hosts to get E-mail from a server.

A protocol that defines how a client should retrieve and deliver e-mail to a mail server.

An old and simple method used by many email client programs to enable new mail to be retrieved from a central mail server and stored on the user's computer.

(POP3) a standard protocol for receiving e-mail.

An Internet protocol for retrieving email that is stored on an email server. An older protocol than IMAP.

One of the standard protocols used by your Email software when accessing Email from the Internet. If your Internet Service Provider only supports POP, then you will need Email software that can handle that protocol. The version number is often tagged on the end. Thus POP3 is version 3 of the post office protocol.

A standard mail server protocol that requires you to download new messages to your local computer—although you can choose to leave copies on the server. With POP, you can store all your messages, including sent mail, drafts, and custom folders, on one computer only. By contrast, IMAP allows you to permanently store all your messages and any changes to them on the server, where you can access them from any computer. Most ISPs currently support POP.

A protocol designed to allow single user hosts to read mail from aserver. There are three versions: POP, POP2, and POP3. Latterversions are NOT compatible with earlier versions. See also:Electronic Mail. Postal Telegraph and Telephone (PTT)

POP is a process that transfers your e-mail messages from our servers to your computer's hard drive. You can access your messages using an e-mail program installed on your computer. POP allows you to: Use the e-mail software currently installed on your computer; Connect faster than the Web Mail option; Have unlimited storage; Compose and review messages while offline

In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. Nearly all subscribers to individual Internet service provider e-mail accounts access their e-mail with client software that uses POP3.