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2.13 POP3 Daemon

The pop3d daemon implements the Post Office Protocol Version 3 server.

pop3d has two operation modes:

Inetd
The server is started from /etc/inetd.conf file: 
          pop3  stream tcp nowait  root  /usr/local/sbin/pop3d pop3d

This is the default operation mode.

Standalone
The server runs as daemon, forking a child for each new connection. This mode is triggered by -d command line switch.

The program uses following option groups: See mailbox, See daemon, See logging, See auth.