Authen::Simple::POP3.3pm

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Version: 2008-03-01 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Authen::Simple::POP3 - Simple POP3 authentication

SYNOPSIS

     use Authen::Simple::POP3;
 
 
     my $pop3 = Authen::Simple::POP3->new( 
         host => 'pop3.company.com'
     );
 
 
     if ( $pop3->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
         # successfull authentication
     }
 
 
     # or as a mod_perl Authen handler
 
 
     PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
     PerlModule Authen::Simple::POP3
 
 
     PerlSetVar AuthenSimplePOP3_host "pop3.company.com"
 
 
     <Location /protected>
       PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::POP3
       AuthType          Basic
       AuthName          "Protected Area"
       Require           valid-user
     </Location>
 
 

DESCRIPTION

Authenticate against a POP3 service.

METHODS

* new
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:
* host
Connection host, can be a hostname or IP number. Defaults to "localhost".
     host => 'ftp.company.com'
     host => '10.0.0.1'
 
 
* port
Connection port, defaults to 110.
     port => 110
 
 
* timeout
Connection timeout, defaults to 60.
     timeout => 60
 
 
* method
Authentication method, defaults to "plain". Valid options are "apop", "plain", "sasl".
     method => 'plain'
 
 
* log
Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn".
     log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::POP3')
 
 
* authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
 

SEE ALSO

Authen::Simple.

Net::POP3.

AUTHOR

Christian Hansen "ch@ngmedia.com" This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.