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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 respecitively 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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