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.\" Title: courierpop3d
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.\" Source: Double Precision, Inc.
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.TH "COURIERPOP3D" "8" "04/22/2007" "Double Precision, Inc." "Double Precision, Inc."
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.TH "COURIERPOP3D" "8" "08/24/2008" "Double Precision, Inc." "Double Precision, Inc."
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courierpop3d \- Courier POP3 server
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courierpop3d - Courier POP3 server
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\fB@sbindir@/couriertcpd\fR {\-nodnslookup} {\-stderr=syslog} {110} {@libexecdir@/courier/courierpop3login} [\fImodules\fR...] {@libexecdir@/courier/courierpop3d} {./Maildir}
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\fB@sbindir@/couriertcpd\fR {\-nodnslookup} {\-stderr=syslog} {110} {@libexecdir@/courier/courierpop3login} [\fImodules\fR...] {@libexecdir@/courier/courierpop3d} {\./Maildir}
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This is a simple POP3 server for Maildirs.
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This is a simple POP3 server for Maildirs\.
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\fBcourierpop3login\fR, and
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modules may be installed elsewhere than indicated here.
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modules may be installed elsewhere than indicated here\.
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\fBcourierpop3login\fR
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is usually started by
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\fBcouriertcpd\fR. It already expects that a POP3 client is connected to standard input and output, presumably via a network socket.
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\fBcouriertcpd\fR\. It already expects that a POP3 client is connected to standard input and output, presumably via a network socket\.
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\fBcourierpop3login\fR
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reads the POP3 userid and password, then runs the authentication
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modules. The remaining arguments are passed along as arguments to
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modules\. The remaining arguments are passed along as arguments to
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is one or more authentication modules (see the
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\fI\fBauthlib\fR(7) \fR\&[1]
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Each authentication modules runs the program specified by its first argument, allowing the authentication modules to be chained. The last program in the chain is
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Each authentication modules runs the program specified by its first argument, allowing the authentication modules to be chained\. The last program in the chain is
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, which provides the actual POP3 service. In accordance with the authentication protocol, as described in
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, which provides the actual POP3 service\. In accordance with the authentication protocol, as described in
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\fI\fBauthlib\fR(7) \fR\&[1]
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reads file descriptor 3 to see if the userid/password has been succesfully validated. If not,
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reads file descriptor 3 to see if the userid/password has been succesfully validated\. If not,
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expects to be already running under the appropriate user and group id, with its current directory set to the account's home directory.
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expects to be already running under the appropriate user and group id, with its current directory set to the account\'s home directory\.
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The first order of business is to find the account's Maildir. If the environment variable
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is set, that's where we go. That should be the pathname to the account's Maildir. The environment variable
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may be set by the authentication module. If
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The first order of business is to find the account\'s Maildir\. If the environment variable
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is set, that\'s where we go\. That should be the pathname to the account\'s Maildir\. The environment variable
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may be set by the authentication module\. If
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uses its first argument. Usually, the default maildir is
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uses its first argument\. Usually, the default maildir is
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\fI$HOME/Maildir\fR, therefore the first argument to
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\fI\fBauthlib\fR(7) \fR\&[1],
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\fI\fBuserdb\fR(8) \fR\&[2].
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\fI\fBuserdb\fR(8) \fR\&[2]\.
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