August, 1988

This is the source code for a POP2 server running under 4.3BSD.
This server was written at the University of California at Davis.
The server implements the full POP2 command list, plus one
extension command. You can get this source code with anonymous
FTP at  ftp.ucdavis.edu:/pub/pop2d.tar

POP2, the Post Office Protocol (version 2), is described in RFC937.
A copy of RFC937 is included with this distribution.

At UC Davis, POP is used to deliver mail to microcomputers using
a 4.3BSD system as a mail gateway.  This is an addition to the normal
model of using the 4.3BSD system as the mailbox and letting the
microcomputer merely read the mail from there.  If you ever look
at the source code, you may see that this server supports an extra
command, "HOST", to allow clients to specify hostnames for gateway
service.  Be assured that you can ignore this extra command, since
the server is completely upwards compatible and standard POP2
client programs will not use this command.

If you discover bugs or problems with this software, please feel
free to contact me.
 
	Katie Stevens
	Information Technology -- Campus Access Point
	University of California
	Davis, CA 95616

	(916)752-3426
 	dkstevens@ucdavis.edu


NOTE: The POP2 protocol (RFC 937) has been obsoleted by the POP3 protocol
      (RFC 1225); a POP3 server is also available at the same location
      as this distribution.
