BASIC_POP3_AUTH(8)

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✨ BASIC_POP3_AUTH(8) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the basic_pop3_auth page 💅 this one's a little Perl helper from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the universe, and it's honestly not that deep — but we're gonna cover everything because that's just how I am 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

basic_pop3_auth — the POP3 authenticator for Squid 🦋

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

basic_pop3_auth server

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does it do? basic_pop3_auth authenticates user credentials against a POP3 server. That's it. That's the whole vibe check 🔥 it takes someone's creds and goes "mmkay let's see if the POP3 server agrees" and reports back. iconic behavior, no notes.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

listen, this helper is a low-maintenance king 👑 it takes exactly one thing:

  • server — the name of the POP3 server to validate against. literally the only option. periodt.

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

This program was written by Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net> 🫶

This manual was written by Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> ✨

okay this part is the long one, so I'm just gonna set it out exactly as it lives, no cap:

 * Copyright (C) 1996-2026 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
 *
 * Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
 * contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
 * Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.

and the actual program's own header, word for word 🍓:

 # Copyright (C) 2006 Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
 #
 # Change log:
 #   2006-12-10    henrik    Initial revision
 #

GPLv2+ rights, bestie — respect the license 🙈

🦋 QUESTIONS 🦋

Got questions about how to use this program? send them to the Squid Users mailing list <squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org> 💌 they're the ones who'd know, iykyk.

🔥 REPORTING BUGS 🔥

heads up: bug reports need to be made in English 📝 no exceptions, that's just the rule.

See https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for the details of what you need to include with your bug report — like, the full checklist, don't skip it.

Report bugs or bug fixes using https://bugs.squid-cache.org/ 🐛

Report serious security bugs to Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org> ⚠️ (yes, security stuff gets its own special inbox, treat it with main character energy)

Report ideas for new improvements to the Squid Developers mailing list <squid-dev@lists.squid-cache.org> 🌈 because ur big ideas deserve an audience fr fr.

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

go forth and read, queen 👑

aaaand that's the page!! 🎉 cute little sign-off for the fine print: this gem was rendered by perl v5.42.2 and dated 2026-08-25, so if you're reading it any other way, that's a you problem 💅 mwah 💖

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