Disadvantages of POP3
- POP3 does not provide the feature of real-time synchronization.
- If an email consists of virus attachments it can affect the system easily.
- POP3 does not support accessing the same email at the same time on different systems.
- At a time entire email folder can be discarded.
- It is also possible for the email folder that is downloaded from the mail server to get corrupted.
- Since the emails are kept locally, anyone using your computer can access the email folder.
What is POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3)?
Today email is the most widely used platform for personal and professional business communication. Email protocol is defined as a set of rules for the secure transmission of emails over the Internet. SMTP, IMAP, POP, and POP3 are some of the email protocols. Each type of protocol used has a specific mechanism. The below article covers in detail the POP3 protocol.
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