[access-uk] Re: pop 3 etc

David, thanks for that. Think my friend understands now, as she seems to be impressed with GMail. In order for her to understand, I told her the steps I do for managing e-mails using GMail's pop server, and she got it. Thanks though for the definition, much appreciated. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David W Wood" <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:25 PM
Subject: [access-uk] pop 3 etc



Hi:

Just found this succinct definition on the web!

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POP3
DEFINITION
- POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) is the most recent version of a standard
protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a
client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your 
Internet server. Periodically, you (or your client e-mail receiver) check
your mail-box on the server and download any mail, probably using POP3. This standard protocol is built into most popular e-mail products, such as Eudora 
and Outlook Express. It's also built into the Netscape and Microsoft
Internet Explorer browsers.

POP3 is designed to delete mail on the server as soon as the user has
downloaded it. However, some implementations allow users or an administrator 
to specify
that mail be saved for some period of time. POP can be thought of as a
"store-and-forward" service.

An alternative protocol is Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). IMAP
provides the user more capabilities for retaining e-mail on the server and
for organizing it in folders on the server. IMAP can be thought of as
a remote file server.

POP and IMAP deal with the receiving of e-mail and are not to be confused
with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), a protocol for transferring
e-mail across the Internet. You send e-mail with SMTP and a mail handler
receives it on your recipient's behalf. Then the
mail is read using POP or IMAP.

The conventional port number for POP3 is 110.

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David W Wood


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