Exchange 2013 pop3 setup

can anyone point to link for beginners to setup pop3 exchange  2013?

Hi twink58,
I am not familiar with SBS server, it seems there is feature called POP3 Connector in SBS server. If it is what you find, I suggest ask SBS forum for help so that we can get more professional suggestions. For your convenience:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=smallbusinessserver
However, in Exchange on-premises, you should enable and configure POP3 as Amit suggested.
Then in Outlook, you can add pop3 account:
Manual setup or additional server types -> Next -> POP or IMAP -> Next -> input server information as pic below:
Please correct me if there is any misunderstanding.
Thanks
Mavis
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    TechNet Community Support

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    Name                              : 1
    ProtocolName                      : POP3
    MaxCommandSize                    : 512
    MessageRetrievalSortOrder         : Ascending
    UnencryptedOrTLSBindings          : {[::]:110, 0.0.0.0:110}
    SSLBindings                       : {[::]:995, 0.0.0.0:995}
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    LoginType                         : PlainTextLogin
    AuthenticatedConnectionTimeout    : 00:30:00
    PreAuthenticatedConnectionTimeout : 00:01:00
    MaxConnections                    : 2147483647
    MaxConnectionFromSingleIP         : 2147483647
    MaxConnectionsPerUser             : 16
    MessageRetrievalMimeFormat        : BestBodyFormat
    ProxyTargetPort                   : 1995
    CalendarItemRetrievalOption       : iCalendar
    OwaServerUrl                      :
    EnableExactRFC822Size             : False
    LiveIdBasicAuthReplacement        : False
    SuppressReadReceipt               : False
    ProtocolLogEnabled                : True
    EnforceCertificateErrors          : False
    LogFileLocation                   : D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\Pop3
    LogFileRollOverSettings           : Daily
    LogPerFileSizeQuota               : 0 B (0 bytes)
    ExtendedProtectionPolicy          : None
    EnableGSSAPIAndNTLMAuth           : True
    Server                            : ZAJNBEXC02
    AdminDisplayName                  :
    ExchangeVersion                   : 0.10 (14.0.100.0)
    DistinguishedName                 : CN=1,CN=POP3,CN=Protocols,CN=ZAJNBEXC02,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative
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                                        Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=cws,DC=sasol,DC=com
    Identity                          : ZAJNBEXC02\1
    Guid                              : 4c5d5409-1b4a-4127-a4cd-11b064156322
    ObjectCategory                    : cws.sasol.com/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Protocol-Cfg-POP-Server
    ObjectClass                       : {top, protocolCfg, protocolCfgPOP, protocolCfgPOPServer}
    WhenChanged                       : 2015-02-24 08:57:41 AM
    WhenCreated                       : 2014-12-08 11:25:29 AM
    WhenChangedUTC                    : 2015-02-24 06:57:41 AM
    WhenCreatedUTC                    : 2014-12-08 09:25:29 AM
    OrganizationId                    :
    OriginatingServer                 : ZAJNBWCWSFGC001.cws.sasol.com
    IsValid                           : True
    ObjectState                       : Unchanged
    ==================================================================
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    RunspaceId                  : 75d8800c-3f32-4750-8fe1-940133eaf6e8
    LocalSite                   : AFR-BYN
    SecureAccess                : True
    VirtualDirectoryName        :
    Url                         :
    UrlType                     : Unknown
    Port                        : 0
    ConnectionType              : Plaintext
    ClientAccessServerShortName : ZAJNBEXC01
    LocalSiteShortName          : AFR-BYN
    ClientAccessServer          : ZAJNBEXC01.cws.sasol.com
    Scenario                    : Create a MailboxSession object.
    ScenarioDescription         : Creating MailboxSession object to access the mailbox [[email protected]].
    PerformanceCounterName      :
    Result                      : Failure
    Error                       : Unable to create MailboxSession object to access the mailbox [[email protected]].
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                                  [Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.WrongServerException]: The user and the mailbox are
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    UserName                    : migrationtest3
    StartTime                   : 2015-02-24 10:58:51 AM
    Latency                     : -00:00:00.0010000
    EventType                   : Error
    LatencyInMillisecondsString :
    Identity                    :
    IsValid                     : True
    ObjectState                 : New
    Amit

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