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date | Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:46:02 +0900 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/conf/doc/popd.rf Mon Apr 18 23:46:02 2005 +0900 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.\" @(MHWARNING) +.\" @(#)$Id$ +.SC POPD 8 +.NA +popd \- the POP server +.SY +/usr/etc/popd +\%[\-p\ portno] +(under /etc/rc.local) +.DE +The \fIpopd\fR server implements the Post Office Protocol (version 3), +as described in RFC1081 and RFC1082. +Basically, the server listens on the TCP port named \*(lqpop\*(rq +for connections and enters the +POP upon establishing a connection. +The `\-p' option overrides the default TCP port. +.PP +If the POP2 configuration option is defined, +then the server also implements version 2 of the protocol. +.PP +If the APOP configuration option is defined, +then the server supports a non-standard mechanism for identity-establishment +in which authentication credentials are used to provide for origin +authentication and reply protection, +but which do not involve sending a password in the clear over the network. +See \fIpopauth\fR(8) for more details. +.Fi +^/usr/spool/pop/POP~^POP database +.Pr +None +.Sa +\fIPost Office Protocol - version 3\fR (aka RFC\-1081), +.br +\fIPost Office Protocol - version 3: Extended service offerings\fP +(RFC\-1082), +.br +pop(5) +.De +None +.Co +None +.Hi +For historical reasons, the \fIMH\fP POP defaults to using +the port named \*(lqpop\*(rq (109) instead of its newly assigned +port named \*(lqpop3\*(rq (110). +See the POPSERVICE configuration option for more details. +.sp +Previous versions of the server (10/28/84) had the restriction that +the POP client may retrieve messages for login users only. +This restriction has been lifted, +and true POB support is available +(sending mail to a mailbox on the POP service host +which does not map to a user\-id in the password file). +.En