POP3D(8)

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version 3.21 · 12 versions
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👑 pop3d — the POP3 daemon 💌

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for pop3d, aka the POP3 daemon, from GNU Mailutils, living in the System Administration Utilities corner of the man pages. she's an 8th-section girlie, so you already know she's for the admins. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pop3d [OPTION...]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. drop some options, let her cook. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

GNU pop3d — the POP3 daemon. fr fr. that's the entire description in the source and we are not padding it out, we respect the canon. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

🎀 the main-character flags

  • -d, --daemon[=NUMBER] — runs in daemon mode, with a maximum of NUMBER children. so like, she spawns kids and caps how many exist at once. iykyk. 👑
  • --[no-]foreground — remain in foreground. no sneaking off into the background, she stays right here with you. 🥺
  • -i, --[no-]inetd — run in inetd mode. the classic "another process launches me and i just do my job" energy. 🧚

🔍 Global debugging settings

  • --debug-level=LEVEL — set the Mailutils debugging level. turn the volume knob on the logs. 😭
  • --[no-]debug-line-info — show source info alongside your debugging messages. receipts, basically. 📍
  • --log-facility=FACILITY — output logs to syslog FACILITY. pick where the gossip gets filed. 📮

🗂️ Configuration handling

  • --config-file=FILE — load this configuration file. heads up: it implies --no-config. ⚠️
  • --config-lint — check the configuration file syntax and exit. a vibe check for your config, and then she leaves. 💀
  • --config-verbose — verbosely log parsing of the configuration files. she will narrate the whole thing. 🎙️
  • --no-site-config, --no-config — do not load the site-wide configuration file. going rogue, no site rules. 🙈
  • --set=PARAM=VALUE — set a configuration parameter. one tiny override, right here, right now. 🍓

💬 Informational options

  • --config-help — show a configuration file summary. the cheat sheet bestie. 💖
  • --show-config-options — show compilation options. what was she built with, exactly. 🔧
  • -?, --help — give this help list. she hands you the list herself, no judgment. 🌈
  • --usage — give a short usage message. the tl;dr version. ✨
  • -V, --version — print program version. who is she? this exact build. ⭐
📢 psst: mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. so if the long one needs a value, the short one needs it too. no exceptions, periodt.

🚨 REPORTING BUGS 🚨

found a problem? don't suffer in silence, tell the people:

Copyright © 2007-2025 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

bestie that NO WARRANTY is in all caps for a reason, don't come for anyone if it goes sideways. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the mailutils-doc package is installed, the command

info mailutils

should give you access to the complete manual.

you can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.

⚠️ please note: this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. do not file bugs for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors. wrong address, bestie. 🙅♀️

and that's the whole page, angel. 🎀 it's POP3D(8) from FSF, dated August 2026, and she ate every single time. now go run her — responsibly — and remember: configs are forever, but vibes are eternal. 💜🦋✨

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