Pop3

2 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  POP3
       Post Office Protocol 3 (Internet, RFC 1939)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  POP3
       
           Version 3 of the {Post Office Protocol}.
          POP3 is defined in {RFC 1081}, written in November 1988 by
          Marshall Rose, which is based on RFC 918 (since revised as RFC
          937).  POP3 allows a {client} computer to retrieve {electronic
          mail} from a POP3 {server} via a (temporary) {TCP/IP} or
          other[?] connection.  It does not provide for sending mail,
          which is assumed to be done via {SMTP} or some other method.
       
          POP is useful for computers, e.g. mobile or home computers,
          without a permanent network connection which therefore require
          a "post office" (the POP server) to hold their mail until they
          can retrieve it.
       
          Although similar in form to the original POP proposed for the
          {Internet} community, POP3 is similar in spirit to the ideas
          investigated by the {MZnet} project at the University of
          California, Irvine, and is incompatible with earlier versions
          of POP.
       
          Substantial work was done on examining POP in a {PC}-based
          environment.  This work, which resulted in additional
          functionality in this protocol, was performed by the {ACIS}
          Networking Systems Group at {Stanford University}.
       
          RFC 1082 (POP3 Extended Service) extends POP3 to deal with
          accessing mailboxes for {mailing lists}.
       
          (1997-01-09)