Re: How to ask a POP3 server for # of recieved mail ?

["R.J. Wareham" <rjw57 cam ac uk>]

Magnus Wirström wrote:
> 
> Hi !
> 
> Sorry if this is off topic, but I wanna put in email checking in my
> gnome ppp dialer I am working on !
> 
> I wonder if someone have some c code that shows how to connect to a pop3
> server to see how many mail you have waiting for you ! It would be nice
> if someone have a example code I can look into ... or is there a lib
> that can do that ? Also it would be good if someone could tell me where
> I can find more info on the PPPD interface (if there is any)

I did have some PERL code that talked to a POP server but it appears to
have disappeared, however the POP protocol is fairly easy to implement,
the specification is here:

http://www.cgi.interbusiness.it/RFC/POP3/1939.txt

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