Post Office Protocol, Version 3

nounid 3634·updated May 9, 2026

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An Internet Standard protocol by which a client workstation can dynamically access a mailbox on a server host to retrieve mail messages that the server has received and is holding for the client.

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Network92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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acronym: POP3
plural: Post Office Protocol, Version 3s
possessive: Post Office Protocol, Version 3's
pluralpossessive: Post Office Protocol, Version 3s'

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§1: An Internet Standard protocol by which a client workstation can dynamically access a mailbox on a server host to retrieve mail messages that the server has received and is holding for the client.

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