# pop3 / pop3s

&Ferdinand.Gassauer;
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2010 &Ferdinand.Gassauer;
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This handbook describes the pop3 protocol.

TDE pop3 protocol

The Post Office Protocol (POP3) allows a user's workstation to access mail from a mailbox server.

POP3S is the POP3 protocol encrypted via SSL.