POP

E260381

POP (Post Office Protocol) is a standard email protocol used by mail clients to retrieve messages from a remote server, typically downloading them for offline access.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
POP canonical 2
POP1 1
POP2 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf application layer protocol ⓘ
email retrieval protocol ⓘ
abbreviationFor Post Office Protocol ⓘ
linked to: RFC 918 (POP1)
canBeSecuredWith TLS ⓘ
commandExample DELE ⓘ
LIST ⓘ
PASS ⓘ
QUIT ⓘ
RETR ⓘ
STAT ⓘ
USER ⓘ
communicationModel client-server ⓘ
comparedWith IMAP ⓘ
dataFormat plain text over TCP connection ⓘ
defaultPort 110 ⓘ
definedIn RFC 1081 (early POP3) ⓘ
RFC 1225 (experimental POP3) ⓘ
RFC 1939 (standard POP3) ⓘ
RFC 918 (POP1) ⓘ
RFC 937 (POP2) ⓘ
designedFor offline email access ⓘ
earlierVersion POP1 ⓘ
POP2 ⓘ
fullName Post Office Protocol ⓘ
linked to: POP3
hasVersion POP1 ⓘ
POP2 ⓘ
POP3 ⓘ
isState stateless between sessions ⓘ
layer application layer ⓘ
lessSuitableFor multi-device email synchronization compared to IMAP ⓘ
mostCommonVersion POP3 ⓘ
operatesOver TCP ⓘ
responseExample +OK ⓘ
-ERR ⓘ
securePort 995 ⓘ
secureVariant POP3S ⓘ
linked to: POP3
standardizedBy IETF ⓘ
successorVersion POP3 ⓘ
supports message deletion on server ⓘ
message retrieval ⓘ
user authentication ⓘ
transfersMessagesTo local client storage ⓘ
typicallyDeletesMessagesFrom server after download (depending on client settings) ⓘ
typicallyUsedBy desktop email clients ⓘ
typicallyUses plain text commands ⓘ
usedFor downloading email for offline access ⓘ
retrieving email from a mail server ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NeXT Mail → supports → POP ⓘ
RFC 918 → abbreviation → POP ⓘ
subject linked to: RFC 918 (POP1)
RFC 918 → standardizes → POP1 ⓘ
subject linked to: RFC 918 (POP1)
linked to: POP
RFC 918 → relatedProtocol → POP2 ⓘ
subject linked to: RFC 918 (POP1)
linked to: POP