pop3d Daemon
Purpose
Starts the Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) server process.
Syntax
pop3d [-c]
Description
The pop3d command is a POP3 server. It supports the POP3 remote mail access protocol. Also, it accepts commands on its standard input and responds on its standard output. You normally invoke the pop3d command with the inetd daemon with those descriptors attached to a remote client connection.
The pop3d command works with the existing mail infrastructure consisting of sendmail and bellmail.
Flags
Item | Description |
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-c | Suppresses the reverse host name lookup. |
Parameters
Item | Description |
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None |
Exit Status
All error and status information is written to a logfile if syslogd is configured for logging.
Security
The pop3d daemon is a PAM-enabled application with a service name of imap. System-wide configuration to use PAM for authentication is set by modifying the value of the auth_type attribute, in the usw stanza of /etc/security/login.cfg, to PAM_AUTH as the root user.
#
# AIX imap configuration
#
imap auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
imap session required /usr/lib/security/pam_aix
Files
Item | Description |
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/usr/sbin/pop3d | Contains the pop3d command. |
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