Post Office Protocol - Dialog Example

Dialog Example

The APOP usage is a direct example from RFC 1939 page 18.

RFC 1939 APOP support indicated by <1896.697170952@dbc.mtview.ca.us> here:

S: C: S: +OK POP3 server ready <1896.697170952@dbc.mtview.ca.us> C: APOP mrose c4c9334bac560ecc979e58001b3e22fb S: +OK mrose's maildrop has 2 messages (320 octets) C: STAT S: +OK 2 320 C: LIST S: +OK 2 messages (320 octets) S: 1 120 S: 2 200 S: . C: RETR 1 S: +OK 120 octets S: S: . C: DELE 1 S: +OK message 1 deleted C: RETR 2 S: +OK 200 octets S: S: . C: DELE 2 S: +OK message 2 deleted C: QUIT S: +OK dewey POP3 server signing off (maildrop empty) C: S:

POP3 servers without the optional APOP command expect the client to log in with the USER and PASS commands:

C: USER mrose S: +OK User accepted C: PASS tanstaaf S: +OK Pass accepted

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