RFC 1725:Post Office Protocol - Version 3
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POP


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... termination octet) is stripped away. If so and if CRLF immediately follows the termination character, then the response from the POP server is ended and the line containing ".CRLF" is not considered ...


... The POP family has a long and checkered history. Although primarily a minor revision to RFC 1460(-> 1725(-> 1939std53)), POP3 ...



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