Linux cpanel.rrshost.in 5.15.0-25-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 30 15:54:22 UTC 2022 x86_64
Apache
: 109.123.238.221 | : 172.69.17.165
128 Domain
8.2.28
aev999
Terminal
AUTO ROOT
Adminer
Backdoor Destroyer
Linux Exploit
Lock Shell
Lock File
Create User
CREATE RDP
PHP Mailer
BACKCONNECT
HASH IDENTIFIER
README
+ Create Folder
+ Create File
/
usr /
share /
doc /
python2.7 /
html /
library /
[ HOME SHELL ]
Name
Size
Permission
Action
2to3.html
63.71
KB
-rw-r--r--
__builtin__.html
11.79
KB
-rw-r--r--
__future__.html
15.58
KB
-rw-r--r--
__main__.html
8.33
KB
-rw-r--r--
_winreg.html
73.99
KB
-rw-r--r--
abc.html
26.82
KB
-rw-r--r--
aepack.html
15.47
KB
-rw-r--r--
aetools.html
18.79
KB
-rw-r--r--
aetypes.html
27.08
KB
-rw-r--r--
aifc.html
29.59
KB
-rw-r--r--
al.html
22.13
KB
-rw-r--r--
allos.html
35.48
KB
-rw-r--r--
anydbm.html
19.31
KB
-rw-r--r--
archiving.html
10.64
KB
-rw-r--r--
argparse.html
269.59
KB
-rw-r--r--
array.html
35.35
KB
-rw-r--r--
ast.html
42.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
asynchat.html
35.84
KB
-rw-r--r--
asyncore.html
43.22
KB
-rw-r--r--
atexit.html
19.23
KB
-rw-r--r--
audioop.html
41.32
KB
-rw-r--r--
autogil.html
9.77
KB
-rw-r--r--
base64.html
24.8
KB
-rw-r--r--
basehttpserver.html
40.6
KB
-rw-r--r--
bastion.html
13.02
KB
-rw-r--r--
bdb.html
50.06
KB
-rw-r--r--
binascii.html
26.64
KB
-rw-r--r--
binhex.html
12.66
KB
-rw-r--r--
bisect.html
28.52
KB
-rw-r--r--
bsddb.html
32.02
KB
-rw-r--r--
bz2.html
31.92
KB
-rw-r--r--
calendar.html
50.16
KB
-rw-r--r--
carbon.html
54.14
KB
-rw-r--r--
cd.html
35.24
KB
-rw-r--r--
cgi.html
58.4
KB
-rw-r--r--
cgihttpserver.html
15.12
KB
-rw-r--r--
cgitb.html
13.5
KB
-rw-r--r--
chunk.html
17.41
KB
-rw-r--r--
cmath.html
32.41
KB
-rw-r--r--
cmd.html
32.69
KB
-rw-r--r--
code.html
28.92
KB
-rw-r--r--
codecs.html
125.92
KB
-rw-r--r--
codeop.html
16.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
collections.html
150.36
KB
-rw-r--r--
colorpicker.html
9.02
KB
-rw-r--r--
colorsys.html
14.38
KB
-rw-r--r--
commands.html
16.63
KB
-rw-r--r--
compileall.html
21.18
KB
-rw-r--r--
compiler.html
78.14
KB
-rw-r--r--
configparser.html
73.92
KB
-rw-r--r--
constants.html
14.68
KB
-rw-r--r--
contextlib.html
22.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
cookie.html
45.38
KB
-rw-r--r--
cookielib.html
102.78
KB
-rw-r--r--
copy.html
14.21
KB
-rw-r--r--
copy_reg.html
15.82
KB
-rw-r--r--
crypt.html
11.62
KB
-rw-r--r--
crypto.html
8.35
KB
-rw-r--r--
csv.html
82.79
KB
-rw-r--r--
ctypes.html
280.57
KB
-rw-r--r--
curses.ascii.html
28.97
KB
-rw-r--r--
curses.html
200.94
KB
-rw-r--r--
curses.panel.html
18.43
KB
-rw-r--r--
custominterp.html
8.59
KB
-rw-r--r--
datatypes.html
18.84
KB
-rw-r--r--
datetime.html
261.02
KB
-rw-r--r--
dbhash.html
18.4
KB
-rw-r--r--
dbm.html
14.75
KB
-rw-r--r--
debug.html
11.28
KB
-rw-r--r--
decimal.html
239.14
KB
-rw-r--r--
development.html
15.27
KB
-rw-r--r--
difflib.html
96.93
KB
-rw-r--r--
dircache.html
13.66
KB
-rw-r--r--
dis.html
96.52
KB
-rw-r--r--
distribution.html
8.27
KB
-rw-r--r--
distutils.html
10.97
KB
-rw-r--r--
dl.html
19.27
KB
-rw-r--r--
doctest.html
193.18
KB
-rw-r--r--
docxmlrpcserver.html
20.02
KB
-rw-r--r--
dumbdbm.html
16.74
KB
-rw-r--r--
dummy_thread.html
11.04
KB
-rw-r--r--
dummy_threading.html
9.96
KB
-rw-r--r--
easydialogs.html
38.83
KB
-rw-r--r--
email-examples.html
47.2
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.charset.html
32.45
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.encoders.html
14.09
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.errors.html
19.2
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.generator.html
24.78
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.header.html
31.12
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.html
55.3
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.iterators.html
14.22
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.message.html
74.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.mime.html
34.51
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.parser.html
37.09
KB
-rw-r--r--
email.utils.html
30.04
KB
-rw-r--r--
ensurepip.html
20.21
KB
-rw-r--r--
errno.html
52.31
KB
-rw-r--r--
exceptions.html
73.4
KB
-rw-r--r--
fcntl.html
27.85
KB
-rw-r--r--
filecmp.html
26.49
KB
-rw-r--r--
fileformats.html
10.21
KB
-rw-r--r--
fileinput.html
29.36
KB
-rw-r--r--
filesys.html
11.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
fl.html
71.58
KB
-rw-r--r--
fm.html
15
KB
-rw-r--r--
fnmatch.html
17.78
KB
-rw-r--r--
formatter.html
43.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
fpectl.html
17.84
KB
-rw-r--r--
fpformat.html
12.65
KB
-rw-r--r--
fractions.html
27.17
KB
-rw-r--r--
framework.html
44.24
KB
-rw-r--r--
frameworks.html
8.11
KB
-rw-r--r--
ftplib.html
56.56
KB
-rw-r--r--
functions.html
216.84
KB
-rw-r--r--
functools.html
31.06
KB
-rw-r--r--
future_builtins.html
15.9
KB
-rw-r--r--
gc.html
30.74
KB
-rw-r--r--
gdbm.html
19.35
KB
-rw-r--r--
gensuitemodule.html
14.54
KB
-rw-r--r--
getopt.html
26.56
KB
-rw-r--r--
getpass.html
12.5
KB
-rw-r--r--
gettext.html
91.32
KB
-rw-r--r--
gl.html
26.71
KB
-rw-r--r--
glob.html
15.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
grp.html
12.33
KB
-rw-r--r--
gzip.html
21.95
KB
-rw-r--r--
hashlib.html
27.4
KB
-rw-r--r--
heapq.html
36.72
KB
-rw-r--r--
hmac.html
15.97
KB
-rw-r--r--
hotshot.html
22.69
KB
-rw-r--r--
htmllib.html
29.9
KB
-rw-r--r--
htmlparser.html
45.11
KB
-rw-r--r--
httplib.html
78.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
i18n.html
10.61
KB
-rw-r--r--
ic.html
22.03
KB
-rw-r--r--
idle.html
45.74
KB
-rw-r--r--
imageop.html
20.94
KB
-rw-r--r--
imaplib.html
69.9
KB
-rw-r--r--
imgfile.html
14.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
imghdr.html
13.43
KB
-rw-r--r--
imp.html
41.48
KB
-rw-r--r--
importlib.html
10.27
KB
-rw-r--r--
imputil.html
36.11
KB
-rw-r--r--
index.html
82.54
KB
-rw-r--r--
inspect.html
64.31
KB
-rw-r--r--
internet.html
26.77
KB
-rw-r--r--
intro.html
9.76
KB
-rw-r--r--
io.html
122.3
KB
-rw-r--r--
ipc.html
17.18
KB
-rw-r--r--
itertools.html
129.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
jpeg.html
15.36
KB
-rw-r--r--
json.html
79.09
KB
-rw-r--r--
keyword.html
9.27
KB
-rw-r--r--
language.html
12.35
KB
-rw-r--r--
linecache.html
12.7
KB
-rw-r--r--
locale.html
68.54
KB
-rw-r--r--
logging.config.html
82.23
KB
-rw-r--r--
logging.handlers.html
91.96
KB
-rw-r--r--
logging.html
123.15
KB
-rw-r--r--
mac.html
24.49
KB
-rw-r--r--
macos.html
18.51
KB
-rw-r--r--
macosa.html
14.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
macostools.html
19.67
KB
-rw-r--r--
macpath.html
9.19
KB
-rw-r--r--
mailbox.html
185.53
KB
-rw-r--r--
mailcap.html
15.3
KB
-rw-r--r--
markup.html
20.37
KB
-rw-r--r--
marshal.html
19.88
KB
-rw-r--r--
math.html
50.52
KB
-rw-r--r--
md5.html
16.65
KB
-rw-r--r--
mhlib.html
30.04
KB
-rw-r--r--
mimetools.html
23.84
KB
-rw-r--r--
mimetypes.html
35.82
KB
-rw-r--r--
mimewriter.html
18.19
KB
-rw-r--r--
mimify.html
16.96
KB
-rw-r--r--
miniaeframe.html
14.5
KB
-rw-r--r--
misc.html
7.77
KB
-rw-r--r--
mm.html
10.19
KB
-rw-r--r--
mmap.html
33.52
KB
-rw-r--r--
modulefinder.html
19.85
KB
-rw-r--r--
modules.html
9.68
KB
-rw-r--r--
msilib.html
72.78
KB
-rw-r--r--
msvcrt.html
24.1
KB
-rw-r--r--
multifile.html
28.82
KB
-rw-r--r--
multiprocessing.html
423.97
KB
-rw-r--r--
mutex.html
13.56
KB
-rw-r--r--
netdata.html
19.28
KB
-rw-r--r--
netrc.html
15.51
KB
-rw-r--r--
new.html
16.1
KB
-rw-r--r--
nis.html
13.19
KB
-rw-r--r--
nntplib.html
51.08
KB
-rw-r--r--
numbers.html
40.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
numeric.html
14.85
KB
-rw-r--r--
operator.html
118.32
KB
-rw-r--r--
optparse.html
251.08
KB
-rw-r--r--
os.html
270.49
KB
-rw-r--r--
os.path.html
48.87
KB
-rw-r--r--
ossaudiodev.html
49.79
KB
-rw-r--r--
othergui.html
9.98
KB
-rw-r--r--
parser.html
44.52
KB
-rw-r--r--
pdb.html
41.44
KB
-rw-r--r--
persistence.html
16.25
KB
-rw-r--r--
pickle.html
107.94
KB
-rw-r--r--
pickletools.html
13.21
KB
-rw-r--r--
pipes.html
21.85
KB
-rw-r--r--
pkgutil.html
30.59
KB
-rw-r--r--
platform.html
40.14
KB
-rw-r--r--
plistlib.html
20.96
KB
-rw-r--r--
popen2.html
30.13
KB
-rw-r--r--
poplib.html
27.93
KB
-rw-r--r--
posix.html
17.27
KB
-rw-r--r--
posixfile.html
23.68
KB
-rw-r--r--
pprint.html
36.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
profile.html
76.65
KB
-rw-r--r--
pty.html
11.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
pwd.html
13.53
KB
-rw-r--r--
py_compile.html
13.33
KB
-rw-r--r--
pyclbr.html
18.14
KB
-rw-r--r--
pydoc.html
14.33
KB
-rw-r--r--
pyexpat.html
93.28
KB
-rw-r--r--
python.html
13.53
KB
-rw-r--r--
queue.html
29.64
KB
-rw-r--r--
quopri.html
14.5
KB
-rw-r--r--
random.html
47.78
KB
-rw-r--r--
re.html
163.11
KB
-rw-r--r--
readline.html
41.2
KB
-rw-r--r--
repr.html
24.57
KB
-rw-r--r--
resource.html
30.86
KB
-rw-r--r--
restricted.html
12.69
KB
-rw-r--r--
rexec.html
43.59
KB
-rw-r--r--
rfc822.html
51.25
KB
-rw-r--r--
rlcompleter.html
15.29
KB
-rw-r--r--
robotparser.html
15.01
KB
-rw-r--r--
runpy.html
23.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
sched.html
21.76
KB
-rw-r--r--
scrolledtext.html
10.67
KB
-rw-r--r--
select.html
50.17
KB
-rw-r--r--
sets.html
39.92
KB
-rw-r--r--
sgi.html
11.09
KB
-rw-r--r--
sgmllib.html
38.77
KB
-rw-r--r--
sha.html
14.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
shelve.html
32.93
KB
-rw-r--r--
shlex.html
38.43
KB
-rw-r--r--
shutil.html
49.49
KB
-rw-r--r--
signal.html
36.52
KB
-rw-r--r--
simplehttpserver.html
21.57
KB
-rw-r--r--
simplexmlrpcserver.html
40.41
KB
-rw-r--r--
site.html
29
KB
-rw-r--r--
smtpd.html
15.64
KB
-rw-r--r--
smtplib.html
51.86
KB
-rw-r--r--
sndhdr.html
12.05
KB
-rw-r--r--
socket.html
126.94
KB
-rw-r--r--
socketserver.html
81.38
KB
-rw-r--r--
someos.html
17.09
KB
-rw-r--r--
spwd.html
12.25
KB
-rw-r--r--
sqlite3.html
154.12
KB
-rw-r--r--
ssl.html
214.5
KB
-rw-r--r--
stat.html
41.11
KB
-rw-r--r--
statvfs.html
13.24
KB
-rw-r--r--
stdtypes.html
309.83
KB
-rw-r--r--
string.html
129.58
KB
-rw-r--r--
stringio.html
21.1
KB
-rw-r--r--
stringprep.html
21.4
KB
-rw-r--r--
strings.html
16.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
struct.html
47.68
KB
-rw-r--r--
subprocess.html
117
KB
-rw-r--r--
sun.html
7.83
KB
-rw-r--r--
sunau.html
35.43
KB
-rw-r--r--
sunaudio.html
21.05
KB
-rw-r--r--
symbol.html
9.06
KB
-rw-r--r--
symtable.html
29.03
KB
-rw-r--r--
sys.html
118.12
KB
-rw-r--r--
sysconfig.html
28.8
KB
-rw-r--r--
syslog.html
21.29
KB
-rw-r--r--
tabnanny.html
12.78
KB
-rw-r--r--
tarfile.html
99.54
KB
-rw-r--r--
telnetlib.html
30.46
KB
-rw-r--r--
tempfile.html
35.02
KB
-rw-r--r--
termios.html
19.22
KB
-rw-r--r--
test.html
61.42
KB
-rw-r--r--
textwrap.html
32.28
KB
-rw-r--r--
thread.html
22.67
KB
-rw-r--r--
threading.html
92.04
KB
-rw-r--r--
time.html
65.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
timeit.html
44.38
KB
-rw-r--r--
tix.html
56.73
KB
-rw-r--r--
tk.html
26.76
KB
-rw-r--r--
tkinter.html
86.67
KB
-rw-r--r--
token.html
27.31
KB
-rw-r--r--
tokenize.html
21.69
KB
-rw-r--r--
trace.html
33.91
KB
-rw-r--r--
traceback.html
44.22
KB
-rw-r--r--
ttk.html
123.83
KB
-rw-r--r--
tty.html
10.95
KB
-rw-r--r--
turtle.html
246.17
KB
-rw-r--r--
types.html
33.66
KB
-rw-r--r--
undoc.html
25.54
KB
-rw-r--r--
unicodedata.html
22.64
KB
-rw-r--r--
unittest.html
246.75
KB
-rw-r--r--
unix.html
11.9
KB
-rw-r--r--
urllib.html
71.61
KB
-rw-r--r--
urllib2.html
128.77
KB
-rw-r--r--
urlparse.html
49.04
KB
-rw-r--r--
user.html
13.41
KB
-rw-r--r--
userdict.html
32.96
KB
-rw-r--r--
uu.html
13.25
KB
-rw-r--r--
uuid.html
33.55
KB
-rw-r--r--
warnings.html
51.86
KB
-rw-r--r--
wave.html
29.08
KB
-rw-r--r--
weakref.html
41.14
KB
-rw-r--r--
webbrowser.html
29.53
KB
-rw-r--r--
whichdb.html
10.44
KB
-rw-r--r--
windows.html
10.37
KB
-rw-r--r--
winsound.html
22.56
KB
-rw-r--r--
wsgiref.html
94.38
KB
-rw-r--r--
xdrlib.html
38.05
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.dom.html
110.39
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.dom.minidom.html
45.23
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.dom.pulldom.html
16.32
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.etree.elementtree.html
124.2
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.html
18.76
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.sax.handler.html
47.5
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.sax.html
26.04
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.sax.reader.html
51.4
KB
-rw-r--r--
xml.sax.utils.html
18.11
KB
-rw-r--r--
xmlrpclib.html
71.79
KB
-rw-r--r--
zipfile.html
67.26
KB
-rw-r--r--
zipimport.html
24.32
KB
-rw-r--r--
zlib.html
34.41
KB
-rw-r--r--
Delete
Unzip
Zip
${this.title}
Close
Code Editor : poplib.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /><meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.17.1: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" /> <title>20.9. poplib — POP3 protocol client — Python 2.7.18 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../_static/pygments.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../_static/classic.css" /> <script data-url_root="../" id="documentation_options" src="../_static/documentation_options.js"></script> <script src="../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script src="../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script src="../_static/doctools.js"></script> <script src="../_static/sidebar.js"></script> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Search within Python 2.7.18 documentation" href="../_static/opensearch.xml"/> <link rel="author" title="About these documents" href="../about.html" /> <link rel="index" title="Index" href="../genindex.html" /> <link rel="search" title="Search" href="../search.html" /> <link rel="copyright" title="Copyright" href="../copyright.html" /> <link rel="next" title="20.10. imaplib — IMAP4 protocol client" href="imaplib.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="20.8. ftplib — FTP protocol client" href="ftplib.html" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="../_static/py.png" /> <link rel="canonical" href="file:///usr/share/doc/python2.7/html/library/poplib.html" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/copybutton.js"></script> </head><body> <div id="outdated-warning" style="padding: .5em; text-align: center; background-color: #FFBABA; color: #6A0E0E;"> This document is for an old version of Python that is <a href="https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches">no longer supported</a>. You should install the python3 and python3-doc packages and read the <a href="file:///usr/share/doc/python3-doc/html/library/poplib.html"> Python documentation for the Python3 version packaged in this release</a>. </div> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="imaplib.html" title="20.10. imaplib — IMAP4 protocol client" accesskey="N">next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="ftplib.html" title="20.8. ftplib — FTP protocol client" accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="../_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a> »</li> <li> <a href="../index.html">Python 2.7.18 documentation</a> » </li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="index.html" >The Python Standard Library</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-2"><a href="internet.html" accesskey="U"><span class="section-number">20. </span>Internet Protocols and Support</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href=""><span class="section-number">20.9. </span><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib</span></code> — POP3 protocol client</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body" role="main"> <section id="module-poplib"> <span id="poplib-pop3-protocol-client"></span><h1><span class="section-number">20.9. </span><a class="reference internal" href="#module-poplib" title="poplib: POP3 protocol client (requires sockets)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib</span></code></a> — POP3 protocol client<a class="headerlink" href="#module-poplib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p id="index-0"><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/2.7/Lib/poplib.py">Lib/poplib.py</a></p> <hr class="docutils" /> <p>This module defines a class, <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3" title="poplib.POP3"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP3</span></code></a>, which encapsulates a connection to a POP3 server and implements the protocol as defined in <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1725.html"><strong>RFC 1725</strong></a>. The <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3" title="poplib.POP3"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP3</span></code></a> class supports both the minimal and optional command sets. Additionally, this module provides a class <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3_SSL" title="poplib.POP3_SSL"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP3_SSL</span></code></a>, which provides support for connecting to POP3 servers that use SSL as an underlying protocol layer.</p> <p>Note that POP3, though widely supported, is obsolescent. The implementation quality of POP3 servers varies widely, and too many are quite poor. If your mailserver supports IMAP, you would be better off using the <a class="reference internal" href="imaplib.html#imaplib.IMAP4" title="imaplib.IMAP4"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imaplib.IMAP4</span></code></a> class, as IMAP servers tend to be better implemented.</p> <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-poplib" title="poplib: POP3 protocol client (requires sockets)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib</span></code></a> module provides two classes:</p> <dl class="py class"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3"> <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">poplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">POP3</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">host</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">port</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>This class implements the actual POP3 protocol. The connection is created when the instance is initialized. If <em>port</em> is omitted, the standard POP3 port (110) is used. The optional <em>timeout</em> parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for the connection attempt (if not specified, the global default timeout setting will be used).</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 2.6: </span><em>timeout</em> was added.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="py class"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3_SSL"> <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">poplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">POP3_SSL</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">host</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">port</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">keyfile</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">certfile</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3_SSL" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>This is a subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3" title="poplib.POP3"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP3</span></code></a> that connects to the server over an SSL encrypted socket. If <em>port</em> is not specified, 995, the standard POP3-over-SSL port is used. <em>keyfile</em> and <em>certfile</em> are also optional - they can contain a PEM formatted private key and certificate chain file for the SSL connection.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 2.4.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <p>One exception is defined as an attribute of the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-poplib" title="poplib: POP3 protocol client (requires sockets)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib</span></code></a> module:</p> <dl class="py exception"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.error_proto"> <em class="property"><span class="pre">exception</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">poplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">error_proto</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.error_proto" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Exception raised on any errors from this module (errors from <a class="reference internal" href="socket.html#module-socket" title="socket: Low-level networking interface."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket</span></code></a> module are not caught). The reason for the exception is passed to the constructor as a string.</p> </dd></dl> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="admonition-title">See also</p> <dl class="simple"> <dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="imaplib.html#module-imaplib" title="imaplib: IMAP4 protocol client (requires sockets)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imaplib</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>The standard Python IMAP module.</p> </dd> <dt><a class="reference external" href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</a></dt><dd><p>The FAQ for the <strong class="program">fetchmail</strong> POP/IMAP client collects information on POP3 server variations and RFC noncompliance that may be useful if you need to write an application based on the POP protocol.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> <section id="pop3-objects"> <span id="id1"></span><h2><span class="section-number">20.9.1. </span>POP3 Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#pop3-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>All POP3 commands are represented by methods of the same name, in lower-case; most return the response text sent by the server.</p> <p>An <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3" title="poplib.POP3"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP3</span></code></a> instance has the following methods:</p> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.set_debuglevel"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_debuglevel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">level</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.set_debuglevel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Set the instance’s debugging level. This controls the amount of debugging output printed. The default, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>, produces no debugging output. A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> produces a moderate amount of debugging output, generally a single line per request. A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> or higher produces the maximum amount of debugging output, logging each line sent and received on the control connection.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.getwelcome"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getwelcome</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.getwelcome" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns the greeting string sent by the POP3 server.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.user"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">user</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">username</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.user" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send user command, response should indicate that a password is required.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.pass_"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pass_</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">password</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.pass_" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send password, response includes message count and mailbox size. Note: the mailbox on the server is locked until <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">quit()</span></code> is called.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.apop"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">apop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">user</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">secret</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.apop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Use the more secure APOP authentication to log into the POP3 server.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.rpop"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">rpop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">user</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.rpop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Use RPOP authentication (similar to UNIX r-commands) to log into POP3 server.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.stat"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stat</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.stat" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Get mailbox status. The result is a tuple of 2 integers: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(message</span> <span class="pre">count,</span> <span class="pre">mailbox</span> <span class="pre">size)</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.list"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">which</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.list" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Request message list, result is in the form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">['mesg_num</span> <span class="pre">octets',</span> <span class="pre">...],</span> <span class="pre">octets)</span></code>. If <em>which</em> is set, it is the message to list.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.retr"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">retr</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">which</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.retr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Retrieve whole message number <em>which</em>, and set its seen flag. Result is in form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">['line',</span> <span class="pre">...],</span> <span class="pre">octets)</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.dele"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">dele</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">which</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.dele" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Flag message number <em>which</em> for deletion. On most servers deletions are not actually performed until QUIT (the major exception is Eudora QPOP, which deliberately violates the RFCs by doing pending deletes on any disconnect).</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.rset"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">rset</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.rset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Remove any deletion marks for the mailbox.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.noop"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">noop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.noop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Do nothing. Might be used as a keep-alive.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.quit"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">quit</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.quit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Signoff: commit changes, unlock mailbox, drop connection.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.top"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">top</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">which</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">howmuch</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.top" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Retrieves the message header plus <em>howmuch</em> lines of the message after the header of message number <em>which</em>. Result is in form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">['line',</span> <span class="pre">...],</span> <span class="pre">octets)</span></code>.</p> <p>The POP3 TOP command this method uses, unlike the RETR command, doesn’t set the message’s seen flag; unfortunately, TOP is poorly specified in the RFCs and is frequently broken in off-brand servers. Test this method by hand against the POP3 servers you will use before trusting it.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="py method"> <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.uidl"> <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">uidl</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">which</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.uidl" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return message digest (unique id) list. If <em>which</em> is specified, result contains the unique id for that message in the form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'response</span> <span class="pre">mesgnum</span> <span class="pre">uid</span></code>, otherwise result is list <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">['mesgnum</span> <span class="pre">uid',</span> <span class="pre">...],</span> <span class="pre">octets)</span></code>.</p> </dd></dl> <p>Instances of <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3_SSL" title="poplib.POP3_SSL"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POP3_SSL</span></code></a> have no additional methods. The interface of this subclass is identical to its parent.</p> </section> <section id="pop3-example"> <span id="id2"></span><h2><span class="section-number">20.9.2. </span>POP3 Example<a class="headerlink" href="#pop3-example" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a mailbox and retrieves and prints all messages:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">getpass</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nn">poplib</span> <span class="n">M</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">poplib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">POP3</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'localhost'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">M</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">user</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">getpass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getuser</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="n">M</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">pass_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">getpass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getpass</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="n">numMessages</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">M</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">list</span><span class="p">()[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">])</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">numMessages</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">j</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">M</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">retr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]:</span> <span class="nb">print</span> <span class="n">j</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>At the end of the module, there is a test section that contains a more extensive example of usage.</p> </section> </section> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">20.9. <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib</span></code> — POP3 protocol client</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#pop3-objects">20.9.1. POP3 Objects</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#pop3-example">20.9.2. POP3 Example</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="ftplib.html" title="previous chapter"><span class="section-number">20.8. </span><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib</span></code> — FTP protocol client</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="imaplib.html" title="next chapter"><span class="section-number">20.10. </span><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imaplib</span></code> — IMAP4 protocol client</a></p> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../_sources/library/poplib.rst.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3 id="searchlabel">Quick search</h3> <div class="searchformwrapper"> <form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" aria-labelledby="searchlabel" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false"/> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </div> </div> <script>$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="imaplib.html" title="20.10. imaplib — IMAP4 protocol client" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="ftplib.html" title="20.8. ftplib — FTP protocol client" >previous</a> |</li> <li><img src="../_static/py.png" alt="" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -1px"/></li> <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a> »</li> <li> <a href="../index.html">Python 2.7.18 documentation</a> » </li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="index.html" >The Python Standard Library</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-2"><a href="internet.html" ><span class="section-number">20. </span>Internet Protocols and Support</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href=""><span class="section-number">20.9. </span><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib</span></code> — POP3 protocol client</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © <a href="../copyright.html">Copyright</a> 1990-2024, Python Software Foundation. <br /> The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit corporation. <a href="https://www.python.org/psf/donations/">Please donate.</a> <br /> Last updated on December 09, 2024. <a href="../bugs.html">Found a bug</a>? <br /> Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 4.3.2. </div> </body> </html>
Close