3.7 POP Folder

A folder to access e-mails via POP3 protocol (RFC 1939).

Format:

`&' [username][[`/' authenticate-type][`:' numbering-method][`@' hostname][`:' port]][`!']

You can specify `user' (plain password transmission) or `apop' (APOP authentication) as authenticate-type.

You can specify `uidl' (use UIDL command for message numbering) or `list' (use LIST command for message numbering) as `numbering-method'.

default:

username   -> The value of elmo-pop3-default-user.
              Initial setting is USER environment variable or
             LOGNAME environment variable or return value of
             (user-login-name).
authenticate-type -> The value of elmo-pop3-default-authenticate-type.
              Initial setting is `user'.
numbering-method -> Follow the value of elmo-pop3-default-use-uidl.
              If t, use UIDL for numbering. Initial setting is t.
hostname   -> The value of elmo-pop3-default-server.
              Initial setting is `localhost'.
port       -> The value of elmo-pop3-default-port.
              Initial setting is 110.

Example:

&hoge@localhost     -> access localhost as user `hoge'.
&hoge@popserver:109 -> access the server "popserver" on port 109
                        as user `hoge'.

To use apop as an authenticate-type, `md5.el' is needed (XEmacs doesn't need `md5.el'). `md5.el' is included in `utils/sasl/lisp/' or Emacs/W3 package (http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html) or LCD archive (GPL2).

If the last character of the folder name is `!', Wanderlust connects to the POP server via SSL (Secure Socket Layer). If a folder name ends with `!!', STARTTLS connection will be established.

If the value of elmo-pop3-default-stream-type is ssl, SSL will be the default connection, i.e. you can omit `!'. If it is is starttls, STARTTLS will be the default connection. To use normal connection in these cases, add `!direct' at the end of folder name.