


POP(1)                                                     POP(1)


NNAAMMEE
       pop - client to retreive mail from pop server.

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ppoopp

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual  page documents the perl version of ppoopp..  ppoopp
       retreives mail from a remote host. It is primarily used by
       systems that use intermittent network connections, such as
       slip, ppp or term. When  started,  ppoopp  looks  for  server
       information  in  the  file  ~/.pop, which should contain a
       line with the following information:

              server_name pop_port login_name password

       _s_e_r_v_e_r___n_a_m_e is the name of the host from which mail is  to
       be  retrieved.  This machine must be running a pop daemon.
       _p_o_p___p_o_r_t is the port number of the  pop  service  on  this
       host,  and  is typically port 110.  _l_o_g_i_n and _p_a_s_s_w_o_r_d are
       your login and password on the server. Since  it  contains
       sensitive  data,  ~/.pop  mmuusstt have permissions 600 (chmod
       600 ~/.pop).  ppoopp will complain and exit if ~/.pop has the
       wrong permissions.

       If  the file ~/.pop does not exist ppoopp will prompt for the
       host, port and login information interactively.

       ppoopp  downloads  mail   from   the   server   to   a   file
       /usr/spool/mail/user_name,  where user_name is the name of
       the account that invoked ppoopp..  After  messages  have  been
       successfully  downloaded,  the  copies  on  the server are
       deleted.  ppoopp checks the mail server every  five  minutes,
       downloading any new messages.

       ppoopp  is  written  in perl(1), and is easily modified. Note
       that you must perl installed on your system  to  use  this
       verion of pop.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       William M. Perry (wmperry@indiana.edu)
       Additional  enhancements  and  manpage  by  Bill  Reynolds
       (bill@goshawk.lanl.gov)

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The pop protocol is documented in RFC 1081.











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