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From: ge@hobbit.sci.kun.nl (Ge' Weijers)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Mail Questions
Summary: POP
Message-ID: <294@hobbit.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 7 Jul 88 08:14:33 GMT
References: <129@chiron.UUCP>
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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In article <129@chiron.UUCP>, jon@chiron.UUCP (Jon L. Griffeth) writes:
> 2. I'm also developing a mail system between numerous PC's and a central
>    UNIX host.   I've heard about a mail server called 'POPS'.  Does anyone
>    know where I can get information concerning this?

POP stands for Post Office Protocol and is a protocol from the Arpa suite.
It is included with the MH mail system. It enables a host on an ethernet
(although a special login could probably be used too) to download
mail from a host with the POP server.
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Ge' Weijers, Informatics dept., Nijmegen University, the Netherlands
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