December 30th, 2008
What is POP3 and what does it mean to you and your business?
POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol version 3. It is a specific internet service that allows e-mail clients, like MS Outlook to fetch mail. In this article we will explain the origins of POP3 as well as how it applies to your business and how you choose a web hosting service.
POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol version 3. It is basically a mailbox for email, that a user can connect to over the internet and retrieve (but not send) email using an email client. All popular e-mail clients like Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora and Pegasus Mail support POP3. Internet Message Access Protocol or IMAP is an alternative service to POP3. Almost all email clients use either POP3 or IMAP.