What is POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)?- POP3 or Post Office Box 3 is used for receiving emails.
- It is a client server protocol which holds the email.
- Once the email is downloaded from the server, POP3 deletes it from the server.
- Ordinal numbers are used to identify specific messages.
- This protocol was created by the most popular e-mail products like Eudora and Outlook Express.
- It can be called as a "store and forward" service.
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