What is a POP Server

Question

On Yahoo mail. It says that I have to put in my pop server in order to have my old e-mails sent to my new. What is a POP server though, I can not get in without it.

Answer 1

POP stands for post office protocol... check out webopedia.com (put POP in the search box) for more information

Answer 2

A POP server is another name for an email server.

They should have given you all the info you needed or links to where you can find it.

Some places to look

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...

Answer 3

POP stands for Post Office Protocol. This is used to describe how e-mail clients interact with mail servers. The POP3 Server is a type of mail server used for incoming mail. In simple terms, POP servers provide a mail-drop service (a temporary mailbox to leave messages so they can be picked up at the recipient's convenience.) When users connect to their ISP POP servers, their e-mail software interface with the server and download any messages for them. POP is only used to receive messages, it is not used to send them.