What is POP? Or POP3? Or a POP account? And what about SMTP?

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what all are required to setup outlook eg: win 2003 or can we do it in XP?

I have a POP account on my email , but I don't know how it got there , and want the old format back.

I have a Nokia e51. I want e mails from my hotmail account to pop up and give me anotification every 15 mins. what would be the pop3 & smtp settings that i would have to put in the incoming mail server & outgoing mail server settings?
I have tried using pop3.hot.com in both, but it dosent work.
I have tried putting these mailbox settings in message email.

Should I use mail for exchange?

Regards,

Sandeep

I have configured my POP3 and SMTP settings - which is the same as my POP3 server I just copied the POP3 address into the other field. I got the POP3 address from my provider. I thought it was IMAP but definitely POP3, well they told me it was POP3.
I am now receiving email through POP3 including large attachments with pictures.
Now I need POP-CORN. Where is the best place to get POPCORN. Do you also know how I configure my stove to receive POPCORN? Is the SMTP protocol able to forward POPCORN as well as messages received via POP3?

welll

its been observed that my isp uses qmail server,and i want to know lil bit more abt it,
1)does qmail supports imap?

As far as i know that SMTP protocol rely on internet connection that provided by ISP itself, then what will happen if email address was used brandA ISP and the connection used brandB ISP ??? Can the user receive / send email ???

I am trying to set up my Mail account on my Mac. It asks for my email address and password which I've filled in. Then the incoming mail server details, i.e. POP, IMAP or Exchange. Then the name of the Incoming Mail server. I don't know what this is or how I find it. My ISP is Firefox and my normal email account is with MSN [email address removed]

Trying to setup my outlook so that I can receive emails from my hotmail account. Everything is completed but the pop3 & smtp. What do I put in these fields?

I'm really not computer savvy, and I get tired of trying to send certain e-mails which require this info., which I don't know. I use yahoo e-mail, what should I put when it asks about http, pop3, whatever....?????

#1: The host 'smtp' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Subject 'Emailing (Email), Account: 'pop3', Server: 'smtp', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

#2:
The host 'pop3' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Account: 'pop3', Server: 'pop3', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

I have Vista. I can get mail, just not send.
That was why I had trouble mailing back to you. I had to restart several times.

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