What is POP?
POP stands for Post Office Protocol. The POP protocol was published in the year 1984. POP has been updated two times namely “POP2” and “POP3”. The POP protocol is an Internet Standard Protocol that works on the application layer. It is used to get an access email from the mail server. The need for POP mainly arises when the user or client does not have a continuous internet connection and what’s to receive email messages. The Pop client makes use of POP to pull email messages from the POP server. POP3 is the updated version of POP.
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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