Authen::Simple::POP3(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Authen::Simple::POP3(3pm)

NAME

       Authen::Simple::POP3 - Simple POP3 authentication

SYNOPSIS

	   use Authen::Simple::POP3;

	   my $pop3 = Authen::Simple::POP3->new(
	       host => 'pop3.company.com'
	   );

	   if ( $pop3->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
	       # successfull authentication
	   }

	   # or as a mod_perl Authen handler

	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::POP3

	   PerlSetVar AuthenSimplePOP3_host "pop3.company.com"

	   <Location /protected>
	     PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::POP3
	     AuthType	       Basic
	     AuthName	       "Protected Area"
	     Require	       valid-user
	   </Location>

DESCRIPTION

       Authenticate against a POP3 service.

METHODS

       * new
	   This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:

	   * host  Connection host, can be a hostname or IP number. Defaults to "localhost".

		       host => 'ftp.company.com'
		       host => '10.0.0.1'

	   * port  Connection port, defaults to 110.

		       port => 110

	   * timeout
		   Connection timeout, defaults to 60.

		       timeout => 60

	   * method
		   Authentication method, defaults to "plain". Valid options are "apop", "plain", "sasl".

		       method => 'plain'

	   * log   Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn".

		       log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::POP3')

       * authenticate( $username, $password )
	   Returns true on success and false on failure.

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Simple.

       Net::POP3.

AUTHOR

       Christian Hansen "ch@ngmedia.com"

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-01						 Authen::Simple::POP3(3pm)