IPOPD(8C)IPOPD(8C)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 to
access mailboxes on IMAP servers by specifying a login
user name in the form <host>:<user> e.g., SERVER.WASHING
TON.EDU:SMITH.
POPd is invoked by the internet server (see inetd(8)),
normally for requests to connect to the POP port as indi
cated by the /etc/services file (see services(5)).
SEE ALSOimapd(8C)BUGS
The POP2 and POP3 protocols are intrinsically less flexi
ble 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.
January 16, 1992 IPOPD(8C)