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    POP (Post Office Protocol) : Presented by Madhuranantham M MCA Thiagarajar College of Engineering

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    POP is a protocol that allows users to download emails from remote mail servers to their local computer. It uses TCP port 110 to establish a connection. In POP, users authenticate with their username and password before listing, retrieving, and deleting messages from their mailbox one by one. POP has two modes - delete mode removes messages from the server after retrieval while keep mode leaves them on the server. It enables clients to access their mail account from different devices but not simultaneously.

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    POP (Post Office Protocol) : Presented by Madhuranantham M MCA Thiagarajar College of Engineering

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    POP is a protocol that allows users to download emails from remote mail servers to their local computer. It uses TCP port 110 to establish a connection. In POP, users authenticate with their username and password before listing, retrieving, and deleting messages from their mailbox one by one. POP has two modes - delete mode removes messages from the server after retrieval while keep mode leaves them on the server. It enables clients to access their mail account from different devices but not simultaneously.

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    POP is a protocol that allows users to download emails from remote mail servers to their local computer. It uses TCP port 110 to establish a connection. In POP, users authenticate with their username and password before listing, retrieving, and deleting messages from their mailbox one by one. POP has two modes - delete mode removes messages from the server after retrieval while keep mode leaves them on the server. It enables clients to access their mail account from different devices but not simultaneously.

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    POP (Post Office Protocol) : Presented by Madhuranantham M MCA Thiagarajar College of Engineering

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    salamudeen M S
    POP is a protocol that allows users to download emails from remote mail servers to their local computer. It uses TCP port 110 to establish a connection. In POP, users authenticate with their username and password before listing, retrieving, and deleting messages from their mailbox one by one. POP has two modes - delete mode removes messages from the server after retrieval while keep mode leaves them on the server. It enables clients to access their mail account from different devices but not simultaneously.

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    POP (post office

    protocol)

    PRESENTED BY

    MADHURANANTHAM M
    MCA
    THIAGARAJAR
    POP
     POP is short for Post Office Protocol
     It is an application layer protocol.
     POP version 3, is simple and limited in functionality .
     The client POP3 Software is installed on the recipient computer, the server
    POP3 software is installed on the mail server.
     Mail access starts with the client when the user needs to download email
    from the mail box on the mail server. The client opens a connection to the
    server on TCP port 110. It then sends its user name and password to access
    the mailbox. The user can then list and retrieve the mail messages, one by
    one.
    POP3
     POP3 has two modes:
    The delete mode and
    The Keep mode.
     In the delete mode, the mail is deleted from the mailbox
    after each retrieval, In the keep mode, the mail remains in
    the mailbox after retrieval.
     The delete mode is normally used when the user is
    working at permanent computer and can save and organize
    mail after reading or replying.
     The keep mode is normally used when the user access the
    mail away from permanent computer. The mail is read but
    kept in the system for later retrieval and organising.

    Mail
    Client web
    server

    Using this pop services, the user can use their mail
    account from one host computer. They are not able to access
    mails through different devices simultaneously.
    PURPOSE

     It is message access protocol.


     Itenables the clients to receive or download the
    emails from their remote mail server.
     POP version3(POP3) is the most popularly used
    version
    WORKING

     To retrive a message from the mail server-


    -Client establishes a TCP connection using port 110.
    -Client identifies itself to the server.
    -Client issues a series of POP3 Commands.
    CHARACTERISTICS OF POP
     POP is a pull protocol
     POP uses TCP at the transport layer.
     POP uses port number 110.
     POP uses persistent TCP connections.
     POP is a connection oriented protocol.
     POP is as in-band protocol.(Control passes data on the same
    connection)
     POP is a stateful protocol until the mail is downloaded as
    well as stateless across sessions.
    ADVANTAGES

     Since all mails resides on your pc, you can read your mail
    without being logged on to the internet.
     Opening attachments is a quick and painless process because
    they are already on your pc.
     There are often no size limits on the email you send or
    receive.
     All messages are stored on your hard drive on your own
    computer. You only connect to net to download and post
    your messages from your inbox.
    DISADVANTAGES

     Opening attachments is a quick and painless process,


    unless the attachment has a virus payload in it.
     All messages are stored on your hard drive eating up what
    is sometimes very valuable space.
     Email folders can become corrupted and sometimes lost
    forever. Recovering is often a painful exercise.
    THAN
    K YOU

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