NAME
pop3test - interactive POP3 test program
SYNOPSIS
pop3test [ -t keyfile ] [
-p port ] [ -m mechanism ]
[ -a
userid ] [ -u userid ] [ -k num
] [ -l num ]
[ -r
realm ] [ -f file ] [ -n num ] [
-s ] [ -c ]
[ -i ]
[ -o option=value ] [ -v ]
hostname
DESCRIPTION
pop3test is a utility that allows you to
authenticate to a POP3 server and interactively issue commands to
it. Once authenticated you may issue any POP3 command by simply
typing it in. It is capable of multiple SASL authentication
mechanisms and handles encryption layers transparently. This
utility is often used for testing the operation of a pop3 server.
Also those developing POP3 clients find it useful.
OPTIONS
- -t keyfile
- Enable TLS. keyfile contains the TLS public and private
keys. Specify "" to negotiate a TLS encryption layer but not
use TLS authentication.
- -p port
- Port to connect to. If left off this defaults to pop3 as
defined in /etc/services.
- -m mechanism
- Force pop3test to use mechanism for authentication. If
not specified the strongest authentication mechanism supported by
the server is chosen. Specify user to use the USER/PASS
commands or apop to use the APOP command instead of AUTH.
- -a userid
- Userid to use for authentication; defaults to the current user.
This is the userid whose password or credentials will be presented
to the server for verification.
- -u userid
- Userid to use for authorization; defaults to the current user.
This is the userid whose identity will be assumed after
authentication. NOTE: This is only used with SASL mechanisms
that allow proxying (e.g. PLAIN, DIGEST-MD5).
- -k num
- Minimum protection layer required.
- -l num
- Maximum protection layer to use (0=none;
1=integrity; etc). For example if you are using the
KERBEROS_V4 authentication mechanism specifying 0 will force
pop3test to not use any layer and specifying 1 will force it
to use the integrity layer. By default the maximum supported
protection layer will be used.
- -r realm
- Specify the realm to use. Certain authentication
mechanisms (e.g. DIGEST-MD5) may require one to specify the realm.
- -f file
- Pipe file into connection after authentication.
- -n num
- Number of authentication attempts; default = 1. The client will
attempt to do SSL/TLS session reuse and/or fast reauth (e.g.
DIGEST-MD5), if possible.
- -s
- Enable POP3 over SSL (pop3s).
- -c
- Enable challenge prompt callbacks. This will cause the OTP
mechanism to ask for the the one-time password instead of the
secret pass-phrase (library generates the correct response).
- -i
- Don't send an initial client response for SASL mechanisms, even
if the protocol supports it.
- -o option=value
- Set the SASL option to value.
- -v
- Verbose. Print out more information than usual.
SEE ALSO