What does POP3 mean?

POP3: The abbreviation of post office protocol 3, which is a common method to access e-mail on the Internet. The POP3 service allows you to set the name of the input/output mail server of your local browser and use your own email software to send and receive emails just like your local email. Take 37 1.net as an example. When using nescape, Iemail, outlook express and other software to receive mail, the addresses of SMTP server and POP3 server must be set on these software.

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