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The Post Office Protocol (POP)
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ 9 ; ■ 8 ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 п* bjbj╧2╧2 (> нX нX н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ 8 < ╨ Щ v \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ $ R a в > Ъ \ \ \ \ \ > Ъ Ъ \ \ S ц ц ц \ Ъ \ Ъ \ ц \ ц ц ° Ъ Ъ ° \ P rE╬]Т╟ ╨ \ d ° i 0 Щ ° └ ° о ┬ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ ° \ \ ц \ \ \ \ \ > > ╓ Introduction The Post Office Protocol (POP) was first issued on October 1984. The protocol suggests a simple method for workstations to access mail from a mailbox server. The protocol is dependent upon TCP (Transfer Control Protocol) and assumes that mail is posted by SMTP. POP in more detail, is a way for a server machine to store and serve mail for various client machines that are not connected to the Internet 24 hours a day. This makes it like an electronic Post Office Box, where your email is held in the POP server until you login and retrieve it. For example, if somebody sends you e-mail it usually cannot be delivered directly to your computer unless it is permanently connected to the Internet and has its own mail delivery system. The messages have to be stored somewhere. An Internet Service Provider is on-line 24 hours on 7 days of the...
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