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Location: POP3 server settings link in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication''
Location: POP3 server settings link in ''Administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication'' in 2.0 onwards or ''Administration > Users > Authentication > Manage authentication'' in 1.9


==POP3 servers==
==POP3 servers==
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==See also==
==See also==
Using Moodle forum discussions 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


*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol Wikipedia article on Post Office Protocol]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Protocol Wikipedia article on Post Office Protocol]


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[[fr:Utiliser un serveur POP3]]
[[fr:Utiliser un serveur POP3]]
[[de:Authentifizierung über POP3]]
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Revision as of 07:47, 3 September 2011

Location: POP3 server settings link in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication

POP3 servers

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.

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.

See also