Starting the POP Server
To use the command line interface: you can start the POPserver in several
ways:
vUse the STRTCPSVR command with the SERVER attribute set to *POP:
STRTCPSVR SERVER(*POP)
vUse the Change POP Mail Server Attributes (CHGPOPA)command to restart the
POP server whenever the Start TCP/IP Servers (STRTCPSVR) command is run.
vUse the AUTOSTARToption of the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command.
To use the Operations Navigator to start the POPserver:
vFollow the path Network\Servers\TCP/IP
vRight-mouse click the POP server
vSelect Start
Ending the POP Server
To use the command line interface to end the POPserver: enter the TCP/IP
Server (ENDTCPSVR) command with the server attribute set to *POP:
ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*POP)
Youcan also end the POP server in the following ways:
vEnter the ENDTCPSVR command without parameters (and all servers are
stopped)
vRun the End TCP/IP (ENDTCP) command.
To use the Operations Navigator to stop the POPserver:
vFollow the path Network\Servers\TCP/IP
vRight-mouse click the POP server
vSelect 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:
Verband 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 Resetmessage delete status
TOP <msg #> <lines> Retrievemessage header and data
UIDL <opt msg #> Getmessage unique ID listing
NOOP No operation
QUIT Quit client session
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