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From: morgan@JESSICA.STANFORD.EDU
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Subject: Re: POP, POP2 and PC/TCP
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Date: 16 Jun 89 22:20:45 GMT
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> SU-Mac/IP comes with a mailhandler (v1.0) that is supposed to work
> with POP, but it isn't working with our Sun's POP2 server (says
> invalid login name/password).  Is POP2 not downward compatible with
> POP(1?)?  Is the latest release of Mac/IP POP2 compliant?

SU-Mac/IP's Mac/MH client works with a POP3 server, as defined by RFCs
1081 and 1082.  Version 6.6 of MH for Unix contains a compatible POP
server.  MH is available from archive sites like UUNET, or on tape
from UC Irvine.

(BTW, SU-PC/IP also has a POP3-compatible MH client.)

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford