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"

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.