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135 lines
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%By Andrew T. Csillag
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%Even though I put it into LaTeX, I cannot really claim that I wrote
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%it since I just stole most of it from the poplib.py source code and
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%the imaplib ``chapter''.
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\section{\module{poplib} ---
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POP3 protocol client.}
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\declaremodule{standard}{poplib}
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\modulesynopsis{POP3 protocol client (requires sockets).}
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\indexii{POP3}{protocol}
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This module defines a class, \class{POP3}, which encapsulates a
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connection to an POP3 server and implements protocol as defined in
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\rfc{1725}. The \class{POP3} class supports both the minmal and
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optional command sets.
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A single class is provided by the \module{poplib} module:
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\begin{classdesc}{POP3}{host\optional{, port}}
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This class implements the actual POP3 protocol. The connection is
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created when the instance is initialized.
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If \var{port} is omitted, the standard POP3 port (110) is used.
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\end{classdesc}
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One exception is defined as attributes of the \module{poplib} module:
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\begin{excdesc}{error_proto}
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Exception raised on any errors. The reason for the exception is
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passed to the constructor as a string.
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\end{excdesc}
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\subsection{POP3 Objects}
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\label{pop3-objects}
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All POP3 commands are represented by methods of the same name,
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in lower-case.
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Most commands return the response text sent by the server.
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An \class{POP3} instance has the following methods:
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\begin{methoddesc}{getwelcome}{}
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Returns the greeting string sent by the POP3 server.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{user}{username}
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Send user commad, response should indicate that a password is required.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{pass_}{password}
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Send password, response includes message count and mailbox size.
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Note: the mailbox on the server is locked until \method{quit()} is
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called.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{apop}{user, secret}
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Use the more secure APOP authentication to log into the POP3 server.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{rpop}{user}
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Use RPOP authentication (similar to UNIX r-commands) to log into POP3 server.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{stat}{}
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Get mailbox status. The result is a tuple of 2 integers:
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\code{(\var{message count}, \var{mailbox size})}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{list}{\optional{which}}
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Request message list, result is in the form
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\code{['response', ['mesg_num octets', ...]]}. If \var{which} is
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set, it is the message to list.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{retr}{which}
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Retrieve whole message number \var{which}. Result is in form
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\code{['response', ['line', ...], octets]}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{dele}{which}
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Delete message number \var{which}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{rset}{}
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Remove any deletion marks for the mailbox.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{noop}{}
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Do nothing. Might be used as a keep-alive.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{quit}{}
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Signoff: commit changes, unlock mailbox, drop connection.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{top}{which, howmuch}
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Retrieves the message header plus \var{howmuch} lines of the message
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after the header of message number \var{which}. Result is in form
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\code{['response', ['line', ...], octets]}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\begin{methoddesc}{uidl}{\optional{which}}
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Return message digest (unique id) list.
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If \var{which} is specified, result contains unique id for that
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message, otherwise result is list \code{['response',
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['mesgnum uid', ...], octets]}.
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\end{methoddesc}
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\subsection{POP3 Example}
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\label{pop3-example}
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Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a
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mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages:
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\begin{verbatim}
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import getpass, poplib, string
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M = poplib.POP3('localhost')
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M.user(getpass.getuser())
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M.pass(getpass.getpass())
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numMessages = len(M.list()[1])
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for i in range(numMessages):
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for j in M.retr(i+1)[1]:
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sys.stdout.write(j)
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\end{verbatim}
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At the end of the module, there is a test section that contains a more
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extensive example of usage.
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