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 checkpassword, which checks the password and sets up environment variables. Since root will never have a maildir (because qmail-lspawn refuses to run qmail-local as root), qmail-pop3d also refuses to run as root. The event will be logged and qmail-pop3d will exit 1, looking to qmail-popup like any other failed checkpassword login. 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)