All POP3 commands are represented by methods of the same name,
in lower-case; most return the response text sent by the server.
An POP3 instance has the following methods:
getwelcome
Returns the greeting string sent by the POP3 server.
user username )
Send user commad, response should indicate that a password is required.
pass_ password )
Send password, response includes message count and mailbox size.
Note: the mailbox on the server is locked until quit() is
called.
apop user, secret )
Use the more secure APOP authentication to log into the POP3 server.
rpop user )
Use RPOP authentication (similar to UNIX r-commands) to log into POP3 server.
stat
Get mailbox status. The result is a tuple of 2 integers:
(message count , mailbox size ) .
list [ which ] )
Request message list, result is in the form
['response', ['mesg_num octets', ...]] . If which is
set, it is the message to list.
retr which )
Retrieve whole message number which . Result is in form
['response', ['line', ...], octets] .
dele which )
Delete message number which .
rset
Remove any deletion marks for the mailbox.
noop
Do nothing. Might be used as a keep-alive.
quit
Signoff: commit changes, unlock mailbox, drop connection.
top which, howmuch )
Retrieves the message header plus howmuch lines of the message
after the header of message number which . Result is in form
['response', ['line', ...], octets] .
uidl [ which ] )
Return message digest (unique id) list.
If which is specified, result contains the unique id for that
message in the form 'response mesgnum uid ,
otherwise result is list ['response', ['mesgnum uid', ...], octets] .
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