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List:       computerguys-l
Subject:    Re: Forwarding of email (What is POP3?)
From:       Vicky Staubly <vicky () STEEDS ! COM>
Date:       2002-03-31 21:51:15
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On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Jim Krist wrote:
> POP3 is "Post Office Protocol 3".  It is the protocol (definition of
> messages and their sequence) between a mail client (the program on your
> machine) and the mail server (where your mail is stored until you download it).
>
> POP3 has been around for years, before WWW, and used by many systems, not
> just PCs.
>
> It may even be an Internet Standard (RFC xxx), but I don't have time to
> check that out right now.

RFC 1939 - See ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1939.txt
Also, http://www.rfc-editor.org is the place to search for RFCs
(not www.ietf.org, as you might think).

> At 11:02 AM 3/31/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >But what is POP3??

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Vicky Staubly        http://www.steeds.com/vicky/         vicky@steeds.com


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