# .poprc sample # # $Log: sample.rcfile,v $ # Revision 1.1 1996/06/25 16:50:31 esr # Initial revision # # Revision 1.2 1995/08/10 00:32:46 ceharris # Preparation for 3.0b3 beta release: # - added code for --kill/--keep, --limit, --protocol, --flush # options; --pop2 and --pop3 options now obsoleted by --protocol. # - added support for APOP authentication, including --with-APOP # argument for configure. # - provisional and broken support for RPOP # - added buffering to SockGets and SockRead functions. # - fixed problem of command-line options not being correctly # carried into the merged options record. # # Revision 1.1 1995/08/09 01:33:04 ceharris # Version 3.0 beta 2 release. # Added # - .poprc functionality # - GNU long options # - multiple servers on the command line. # Fixed # - Passwords showing up in ps output. # # # This file (or one of your own creation, rather) should be located # in your home directory with the name .poprc. Permissions on this # file may be no greater than -rw-------, or popclient will refuse to # use it. # # I'd like to point out here that I do not, repeat DO NOT, endorse # the use of plaintext passwords in the .poprc file. I include the # password option because SO MANY people asked me about having such # an option. I don't use it myself. And I recommend that you don't # use it. # # I'd also like to point out that the syntax of this file is still # under development (during the 3.0 beta series of releases). If you # would like to suggest revisions, please do. # # Comments begin with a '#' and extend through the end of the line. # Blank lines between server entries are ignored. # Keywords and identifiers are case sensitive. # When there is a conflict between the command-line arguments and the # arguments in this file, the command-line arguments take precedence. # # Legal keywords are # server # protocol (or proto) # username (or user) # password (or pass) # remotefolder (or remote) # localfolder (or local) # # Legal protocol identifiers are # pop2 (or POP2) # pop3 (or POP3) # imap (or IMAP) # apop (or APOP) # rpop (or RPOP) # # Basic format is server SERVERNAME protocol PROTOCOL username NAME password PASSWORD # Example server pop.provider.net protocol pop3 username jsmith password secret1 # Or, using some abbreviations server pop.provider.net proto pop3 user jsmith password secret1 # Multiple servers may be listed server pop.provider.net proto pop3 user jsmith password secret1 server other.provider.net proto pop2 user John.Smith password My^Hat # Other possibilities (note use of \ to escape newline -- this is all # one server definition. server pop.provider.net \ proto pop3 \ user jsmith \ pass secret1 \ localfolder ~/mbox