ultrix man page for qmail-pop3d

qmail-pop3d(8)                                                System Manager's Manual                                               qmail-pop3d(8)

NAME
       qmail-pop3d - distribute mail via POP

SYNOPSIS
       qmail-pop3d maildirname

DESCRIPTION
       qmail-pop3d lets a user read and delete his mail through the network.

       Mail is stored in a maildir called maildirname, normally Maildir, in the user's home directory.

       qmail-pop3d  is  normally invoked under qmail-popup, which reads a username and password, and /bin/checkpassword, which checks the password
       and sets up environment variables.

       qmail-pop3d has a 20-minute idle timeout.

       qmail-pop3d supports UIDL, TOP, and LAST.

       qmail-pop3d appends an extra blank line to every message to work around serious bugs in certain clients.

       qmail-pop3d is based on a program contributed by Russ Nelson.

SEE ALSO
       maildir(5), qmail-local(8), qmail-popup(8)

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