* newlxuser [linux-india] <06/07/01 12:50 +0530>:
> I think, POP3 protocol is used for incomming mail and SMTP for outgpoing.
> It is written clearly in NScape's Mail Preference settings and the relevent
> Help text.
That's correct
> Is there any deviation from this in current Internet scenario ?
No
> By the way, why POP is called post office protocol ? What roll a post
> office has to do in it. I guess it was first introduced for Post Offices in
> US ?
No. It is because, like a post office, it holds mail for you till you
receive it.
--suresh
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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