The best pop3 mail server hosting is provided by AuraDev, a Portland based web and email hosting expert.

We offer pop3 mail servers based on VPS (Virtual Private Server) technologies. Unlike a shared server where everyone shares a pool of server resources (ram, processor, hard drive) VPS pop3 mail servers divide up a dedicated portion of web server resources.

This means that your email speed and reliability are consistently fast, because if someone else on the server does something stupid like send out a spam email blast through their pop3 mail server account, it won’t affect you at all.