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| author | yuuji@gentei.org |
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| date | Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:17:45 +0900 |
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2 * ========================================================================
3 * Copyright 1988-2006 University of Washington
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5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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13 ..
14 .TH IPOPD 8 "August 30, 2006"
15 .UC 5
16 .SH NAME
17 IPOPd \- Post Office Protocol server
18 .SH SYNOPSIS
19 .B /usr/etc/ipop2d
20 .PP
21 .B /usr/etc/ipop3d
22 .SH DESCRIPTION
23 .I ipop2d
24 and
25 .I ipop3d
26 are servers which support the
27 .B POP2
28 and
29 .B POP3
30 remote mail access protocols respectively.
31 .I ipop2d
32 and
33 .I ipop3d
34 can also be used by
35 .B POP2
36 and
37 .B POP3
38 clients respecitively to access mailboxes on
39 .B IMAP
40 servers by specifying a login user name in the form <host>:<user>
41 e.g.,
42 .B SERVER.WASHINGTON.EDU:SMITH.
43 .PP
44 These daemons contain CRAM-MD5 and APOP support. See the md5.txt
45 documentation file for additional information.
46 .PP
47 .I ipop2d
48 and
49 .I ipop3d
50 are invoked by the internet server (see
51 .IR inetd (8)),
52 normally for requests to connect to the
53 .B POP
54 port as indicated by the
55 .I /etc/services
56 file (see
57 .IR services (5)).
58 .SH "SEE ALSO"
59 imapd(8)
60 .SH BUGS
61 The
62 .B POP2
63 and
64 .B POP3
65 protocols are intrinsically less flexible than
66 .B IMAP
67 and do not maintain `read' vs `unread' state on the server. As a result,
68 most
69 .B POP
70 based software transfers all the mail from the server to the client and
71 deletes it from the server. This necessarily locks the user into using only
72 a single client.
73 .PP
74 .B POP3
75 does not allow you to specify an alternate folder from the user's default.