Post Office Protocol

Internet protocol suite
Application layer
Transport layer
Internet layer
Link layer

In computing, the Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a mail server.[1] Today, POP version 3 (POP3) is the most commonly used version. Together with IMAP, it is one of the most common protocols for email retrieval.

  1. ^ Dean, Tamara (2010). Network+ Guide to Networks. Delmar. p. 519. ISBN 978-1423902454.
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