Vocabularypop3Class descriptionA POP3 account on a POP3 server. It has the following slots:
| # | The ephemeral ordinal number of the message. |
| host | The name or IP address of the remote host to which a POP3 connection is required. |
| port | The POP3 server port (defaults to 110). |
| timeout | Maximum time in minutes to wait for a response from the POP3 server (defaults to 1 minutes). |
| user | The userID of the account on the POP3 server. |
| pwd | The clear-text password for the userID. |
| stream | The duplex input/output stream wrapping the POP3 session. |
| capa | A list of the mail server capabilities. |
| count | Number of messages in the mailbox. |
| list | A list of every message with its number and size in bytes |
| uidls | The UIDL (Unique IDentification Listing) of every message in the mailbox together with its ordinal number. |
| messages | A sequence of email tuples in the mailbox containing each email's headers, number, uidl, and size. |
The
host is required; the rest are either set by default or optional.
The
user and
pwd must either be set before using
connect or immediately after it with the
>user and
>pwd words.
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