ipopd(8)

IPOPD(8)              MAINTENANCE COMMANDS               IPOPD(8)

NAME

     IPOPd - Post Office Protocol server

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/etc/ipop2d

     /usr/etc/ipop3d

DESCRIPTION

     ipop2d and ipop3d are servers which  support  the  POP2  and
     POP3  remote mail access protocols respectively.  ipop2d and
     ipop3d can also be used by POP2 and  POP3  clients  respeci-
     tively  to  access mailboxes on IMAP servers by specifying a
     login  user   name   in   the   form   <host>:<user>   e.g.,
     SERVER.WASHINGTON.EDU:SMITH.

     These daemons contain CRAM-MD5 and APOP  support.   See  the
     md5.txt documentation file for additional information.

     ipop2d and ipop3d are invoked by the  internet  server  (see
     inetd(8)),  normally for requests to connect to the POP port
     as indicated by the /etc/services file (see services(5)).

SEE ALSO

     imapd(8)

BUGS

     The POP2 and POP3 protocols are intrinsically less  flexible
     than  IMAP  and  do not maintain `read' vs `unread' state on
     the server.  As a result, most POP based software  transfers
     all  the  mail  from the server to the client and deletes it
     from the server.  This necessarily locks the user into using
     only a single client.

     POP3 does not allow you to specify an alternate folder  from
     the user's default.

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