POP3 server authentication

Location: POP3 server settings link in Administration > Users > Authentication

Overview

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. In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an

application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server

over a TCP/IP connection. Many subscribers to individual Internet service provider e-

mail accounts access their e-mail with client software that uses POP3. For details about POP3 Server see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol

== POP3 server authentication ==

POP3 server authentication is a user authentication process i.e. enabling people to login to your Moodle site. This method uses the POP3 mail server for the authentication process ie. check for users accounts. The follows are the links from Moodle Forums about POP3 server authentication.

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=78570 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=44883 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=37510 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=25472 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=24136 and many more at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/search.php?search=POP3+server+authentication&id=5