diff -r 000000000000 -r 9e2cb1ed20b1 pop3d.8 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/pop3d.8 Thu Mar 27 09:53:52 2014 +0500 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) Sunil Nimmagadda +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 26 2014 $ +.Dt POP3D 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pop3d +.Nd Post Office Protocol (POP3) daemon. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl d +.Op Fl p Ar path +.Op Fl t Ar type +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +daemon implements Post Office Protocol (Version 3) as specified in +RFC 1939 as well as POP3S and STARTTLS extensions. +.Pp +.Nm +binds to 110(POP3), 995(POP3S) ports and operates on local mailboxes on +behalf of its remote users. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl d +Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, +.Nm +will run in foreground and log to +.Em stderr . +.It Fl p +Path to the maildrop. Defaults to /var/mail/%u in case of mbox and +~/Maildir in case of maildir. +.Nm +expands '~' to user's home dir +and '%u' to user's name if specified in the path. +.It Fl t +Specify maildrop type. Options are mbox and maildir. Defaults to mbox. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ssl/private/server.key" -compact +.It Pa ~/maildir +.It Pa /var/mail/%u +User maildrops +.Pp +.It /etc/ssl/server.crt +.It /etc/ssl/private/server.key +Location of SSL certificate and key +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr smtpd 8 , +.Xr ssl 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Rs +.%A J. Myers +.%A M. Rose +.%D May 1996 +.%R RFC 1939 +.%T Post Office Protocol \(en Version 3 +.Re +.Pp +.Rs +.%A C. Newman +.%D June 1999 +.%R RFC 2595 +.%T Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP +.Re +.Pp +.Rs +.%A A. Melnikov +.%A C. Newman +.%A M. Yevstifeyev +.%D August 2011 +.%R draft-melnikov-pop3-over-tls-02 +.Sh CAVEATS +POP3 authenticates using cleartext passwords on 110(POP3) port.