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<h2><a id="G8" name="G8">G8. What is the best server to use with
fetchmail?</a></h2>
-<p>Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR server
+<p>Fetchmail will work with any POP3, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR server
that conforms to the relevant standards/RFCs (and even some outright
broken ones like <a href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a> and <a
href="#S6">Novell GroupWise</a>). This doesn't mean it works equally
-well with all, however. POP2 servers, and POP3 servers without UIDL,
+well with all, however. POP3 servers without UIDL
limit fetchmail's capabilities in various ways described on the manual
page.</p>
first message in your mailbox. This usually stems from a message like
the one shown below, which is automatically created on your server. This
message shows up if the University of Washington IMAP or PINE software
-is used on the server together with a POP2 or POP3 daemon that is not
+is used on the server together with a POP3 daemon that is not
aware of these messages, such as some versions of Qualcomm Popper
(QPOP):</p>