man kpopper (Administration système) - popper

NAME

popper -

POP3 server

[-k] [-a none Ns Ns otp] [-t file] [-T seconds] [-d] [-i] [-p port] [--address-log= Ns file]

serves mail via the Post Office Protocol. Supported options include:

Xo: -a none Ns Ns otp , --auth-mode= Ns none Ns Ns otp tells what authentication modes are acceptable, passing otp disables clear text passwords. This has only effect when not using Kerberos authentication.
Xo: --address-log= Ns file logs the addresses of all clients to the specified file
Xo: -d , --debug enables more verbose log messages
Xo: -i , --interactive when not started by inetd, this flag tells that it has to create a socket by itself
Xo: -k , --kerberos tells to use the Kerberos for authentication.
Xo: -p port , --port= Ns port port to listen to, in combination with -i
Xo: -t file , --trace-file= Ns file trace all command to file
Xo: -T seconds , --timeout= Ns seconds set timeout to something other than the default of 120 seconds

RFC1939 (Post Office Protocol - Version 3)

The server was initially developed at the University of California, Berkeley.

Many changes has been made as part of the KTH Kerberos distributions.