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Re: POP3 softwares.



On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 09:46:15PM -0800, Peter Easthope wrote:
> Problem
> Given a remote POP3 server which provides SSL.  Also a MUA on a
> local host, which retrieves by POP3 when activated by the user and
> lacks SSL.  Try to move messages from the server to the MUA.
> 
> Candidate Solution
> Let getmail, in the POP3-over-SSL instance, retrieve messages from
> the server and queue in an mbox file.  Run qpopper to allow the MUA
> to retrieve from the mbox on demand.
> 
> Questions
> 1. Rather than getmail and qpopper, can one software do this task?
>    If so, which is recommended?

I'am using popa3d (Tiny POP3 daemon, designed with security as the
primary goal) and stunnel for SSL on server-side and mutt on client
side. I suppose all modern email client support mbox format (and POP3 of
course)


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