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POP Email Accounts
What are POP Email Acccounts?
POP (Post Office Protocol) is a standard protocol for receiving e-mail.
POP is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for
you by your Internet server. Periodically, you (or your client e-mail
receiver) check your mailbox on the server and download any mail. The mail
is stored on a server until you pick it up with your favorite email
program (Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Eudora, etc.) POP email is
built into Internet products such as the Netscape and Microsoft Internet
Explorer browsers. One of the most popular e-mail products is Microsoft
Outlook Express.
With POP email the incoming email is stored on your virtual server until
you want to retrieve it. You would retrieve your mail by signing into your
POP email account. Most web hosts will offer a webmaster@yourdomain
POP account which can receive all e-mail and control the settings for any
optional configurable POP accounts. If your web host offers additional POP
email accounts they can be assigned unique IDs and passwords to ensure
privacy.
Often users may become confused with webmail and POP email. The difference
between the two is that with POP email, email can be accessed through an
email client program such as Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook,
Eudora, etc. WebMail can only be accessed through your browser by signing
into your webmail account (like yahoo mail, hotmail, or the email account
you received from your ISP, internet service provider.)
Do I need POP email accounts?
All hosts should provide at least one POP email account. If you want to
have email capabilities from your web hosts this is a standard feature.
Most web hosts will offer a specific amount of POP email accounts with
their hosting package. One email account is sufficient if you will only
have one individual maintaining the site. You would have an email address,
such as: webmaster@yoursite.com. However if you would like to
have two people accessing email from your domain, such as: webmaster@yoursite.com
and support@yoursite.com you will need a web host that offers two
POP email accounts, and so on.
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