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Starting the POP Server
To use the command line interface: you can start the POP server in several
ways:
v Use the STRTCPSVR command with the SERVER attribute set to *POP:
STRTCPSVR SERVER(*POP)
v Use the Change POP Mail Server Attributes (CHGPOPA) command to restart the
POP server whenever the Start TCP/IP Servers (STRTCPSVR) command is run.
v Use the AUTOSTART option of the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command.
To use the Operations Navigator to start the POP server:
v Follow the path Network\Servers\TCP/IP
v Right-mouse click the POP server
v Select Start
Ending the POP Server
To use the command line interface to end the POP server: enter the TCP/IP
Server (ENDTCPSVR) command with the server attribute set to *POP:
ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*POP)
You can also end the POP server in the following ways:
v Enter the ENDTCPSVR command without parameters (and all servers are
stopped)
v Run the End TCP/IP (ENDTCP) command.
To use the Operations Navigator to stop the POP server:
v Follow the path Network\Servers\TCP/IP
v Right-mouse click the POP server
v Select Stop
Supported POP Verbs
The client software uses commands called
verbs
to communicate with the POP
server. These commands are defined in RFC 1725. The AS/400 POP server
supports the following verbs:
Verb and parameters Description
USER <id> Pass user ID
PASS <password> Password
STAT Query mailbox
LIST <opt msg #> Query message statistics
RETR <msg #> Retrieve message
DELE <msg #> Delete message
RSET Reset message delete status
TOP <msg #> <lines> Retrieve message header and data
UIDL <opt msg #> Get message unique ID listing
NOOP No operation
QUIT Quit client session
296 OS/400 TCP/IP Configuration and Reference V4R4