Post Office Protocol. One of two Internet mail server protocols. The POP server receives and stores the email text files. When checking email for new messages received, the email client (a software utility on your computer) logs onto the POP server and asks to see the messages in a mailbox.
POP stands for Post Office Protocol. When someone sends you an e-mail, it is sent to the ComBase POP server where it is then stored until you check your mail, at which time it is moved from the ComBase server to your local computer.
a central computer that stores your e-mail for you and allows you to collect your e-mail whenever you connect to the Internet
a machine on which your mail arrives and is kept until you decide to look it up (with Webmail or Eudora, for example)
A server that holds your incoming e-mail until you read or download it.
This is the server on Cogeco's network to which you send your email in order for it to reach it's intended recipient on the Internet. PROTOCOL A protocol is a special set of rules that computers in a network use when they communicate together. ROUTER A piece of hardware that can be used to network computers together. Because a router shares the same IP address with all the computers, you can connect more than the 3 PCs allowed on our High Speed Standard or Pro service.
A server using the Post Office Protocol, which holds users' incoming e-mail until they read or download it.
A POP server uses the Post Office Protocol, to hold users' incoming email until they read or download it.
