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IPOPD(8)		    System Manager's Manual		      IPOPD(8)

NAME
       IPOPd - Post Office Protocol server

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/local/libexec/ipop2d

       /usr/local/libexec/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 docu-
       mentation 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  re-
       sult, 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.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution	August 30, 2006			      IPOPD(8)

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