post office protocol (POP) |
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Definition
Internet email standard that specifies how mail is transferred from a mail server to the user's computer. It, however, does not send the email (which is the job of SMTP).
email to a friend
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post office protocol (POP) is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
post office protocol (POP) appears in the definition of the following term: simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)
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