POP3(2)POP3(2)NAMEpop3 - Post Office Protocol
SYNOPSIS
include "pop3.m";
pop3 := load Pop3 Pop3->PATH;
open: fn(user, password, server: string): (int, string);
stat: fn(): (int, string, int, int);
msglist: fn(): (int, string, list of (int, int));
msgnolist: fn(): (int, string, list of int);
top: fn(m: int): (int, string, string);
get: fn(m: int): (int, string, string);
delete: fn(m: int): (int, string);
close: fn(): (int, string);
DESCRIPTION
Pop3 provides an interface to the Post Office Protocol POP3 through a
set of functions.
Open opens a connection to a POP3 server, logging in as the specified
user with the given password. If server is nil, open uses $pop3, which
must be defined in ndb(6). The remaining functions assume a successâ
fully opened connection.
Stat returns the status of the user's mailbox. The third element of
its return tuple is the number of messages and the fourth is the total
number of bytes in the messages.
Msglist lists the user's mailbox. The third element in its return tuple
gives a list of pairs of numbers comprising (message number, bytes in
message).
Msgnolist lists the user's mailbox as above but omits the bytes in each
message.
Top returns the top of message m.
Get returns the full text of message m.
Delete deletes message m.
Close closes the connection to the POP3 server. Note that subsequent
reconnections to the server may renumber the messages in the mail box
and will certainly do so if the last connection deleted messages.
Note also that a connection is static in the sense that mail messages
entering the server during a connection will not be accessible. A
reconnection is needed to see newly arrived messages.
SOURCE
/appl/lib/pop3.b
SEE ALSOacme(1)DIAGNOSTICS
All these functions return -1 and an error message on failure as the
first two entries in their return tuples.
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