POP3 protocol
Terms
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- What is the port assigned to pop3?
- TCP port 110
- What are the POP3 commands?
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STAT
LIST
RETR
DELE
QUIT
TOP - What does the STAT command do?
- This command displays number of messages and space taken by mailspool
- What does the LIST command do?
- This command displays space taken by each message.
- What does the RETR command do?
- This command takes one argument: "message_number" and displays message "message_number"
- What does the DELE command do?
- This command takes one argument: "message_number" and deletes message "message_number"
- What does the QUIT command do?
- This command closes the connection.
- What does the TOP command do?
- This command takes two arguments "message_number" and "lines" and displays "lines" lines from message "message_number".
- What do the USER and PASS commands do.
- These commands together identify and authenticate a user.
- What RFC specifes POP3
- RFC 1725