X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmsgchk.man;h=4c8a53abcbf5a13605e017ea28566d7812485f5d;hp=2f1fed5bba5b8237dde6bda9e77a3ab4b38786e5;hb=9892129b33a8da3329f6331078a94a18ff8fe0e2;hpb=cfc525a9b85207225cb4071d1d3b01e8d1db2424 diff --git a/man/msgchk.man b/man/msgchk.man index 2f1fed5..4c8a53a 100644 --- a/man/msgchk.man +++ b/man/msgchk.man @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" include the -mh macro file .so %etcdir%/tmac.h .\" -.TH MSGCHK %manext1% MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] +.TH MSGCHK %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME msgchk \- check for messages .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ msgchk %nmhbeginpop% \%[\-host\ hostname] \%[\-user\ username] +\%[\-apop] +\%[\-noapop] \%[\-kpop] \%[\-sasl] \%[\-saslmech \mechanism] +\%[\-snoop] .br %nmhendpop% \%[users\ ...] @@ -79,6 +82,17 @@ For debugging purposes, there is also a switch `\-snoop', which will allow you to watch the POP transaction take place between you and the POP server. +If nmh has been compiled with APOP #defined, the `\-apop' switch will cause +\fImsgchk\fR to use APOP rather than standard POP3 authentication. Under APOP, +a unique string (generally of the format +<\fIpid\fR.\fItimestamp\fR@\fIhostname\fR>) is announced by the POP server. +Rather than `USER \fIuser\fR', `PASS \fIpassword\fR', msgchk sends `APOP +\fIuser\fR \fIdigest\fR', where digest is the MD5 hash of the unique string +followed by a `secret' shared by client and server, essentially equivalent to +the user's password (though an APOP-enabled POP3 server could have separate APOP +and plain POP3 passwords for a single user). `\-noapop' disables APOP in cases +where it'd otherwise be used. + If nmh has been compiled with KPOP #defined, the `\-kpop' switch will allow \fImsgchk\fR to use Kerberized POP rather than standard POP3 on a given invocation. If POPSERVICE was also #defined to "kpop", \fImsgchk\fR will be