POP
As much as you might love Linux, the reality is that you must contend with other operating systems out there. Even worse, many of them aren't even UNIX-based. Although the Linux community has forgiven the users of other operating systems, there is still a long way to go before complete assimilation happens. In the meantime, the best thing to do is to use tools to tie the two worlds together.
The following sections cover the integration of the most-used application of any network: electronic mail. Because UNIX and other operating systems have very different views of how email should be handled, the Post Office Protocol (POP) was created. This protocol abstracts the details of email to a system-independent level so anyone who writes a POP client ...
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