1 ;;; pop3.el --- Post Office Protocol (RFC 1460) interface
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Richard L. Pieri <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net>
6 ;; Keywords: mail, pop3
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28 ;; Most of the standard Post Office Protocol version 3 (RFC 1460) commands
29 ;; are implemented. The LIST command has not been implemented due to lack
30 ;; of actual usefulness.
31 ;; The optional POP3 command TOP has not been implemented.
33 ;; This program was inspired by Kyle E. Jones's vm-pop program.
40 (defconst pop3-version
"1.3m")
42 (defvar pop3-maildrop
(or (user-login-name) (getenv "LOGNAME") (getenv "USER") nil
)
44 (defvar pop3-mailhost
(or (getenv "MAILHOST") nil
)
49 (defvar pop3-password-required t
50 "*Non-nil if a password is required when connecting to POP server.")
51 (defvar pop3-password nil
52 "*Password to use when connecting to POP server.")
54 (defvar pop3-authentication-scheme
'pass
55 "*POP3 authentication scheme.
56 Defaults to 'pass, for the standard USER/PASS authentication. Other valid
59 (defvar pop3-timestamp nil
60 "Timestamp returned when initially connected to the POP server.
61 Used for APOP authentication.")
63 (defvar pop3-movemail-file-coding-system nil
64 "Crashbox made by pop3-movemail with this coding system.")
66 (defvar pop3-read-point nil
)
67 (defvar pop3-debug nil
)
69 (defun pop3-movemail (&optional crashbox
)
70 "Transfer contents of a maildrop to the specified CRASHBOX."
71 (or crashbox
(setq crashbox
(expand-file-name "~/.crashbox")))
72 (let* ((process (pop3-open-server pop3-mailhost pop3-port
))
73 (crashbuf (get-buffer-create " *pop3-retr*"))
76 (pop3-password pop3-password
)
79 (if pop3-debug
(switch-to-buffer (process-buffer process
)))
81 (if (and pop3-password-required
(not pop3-password
))
83 (pop3-read-passwd (format "Password for %s: " pop3-maildrop
))))
84 (cond ((equal 'apop pop3-authentication-scheme
)
85 (pop3-apop process pop3-maildrop
))
86 ((equal 'pass pop3-authentication-scheme
)
87 (pop3-user process pop3-maildrop
)
89 (t (error "Invalid POP3 authentication scheme.")))
90 (setq message-count
(car (pop3-stat process
)))
91 (while (<= n message-count
)
92 (message (format "Retrieving message %d of %d from %s..."
93 n message-count pop3-mailhost
))
94 (pop3-retr process n crashbuf
)
97 (let ((coding-system-for-write pop3-movemail-file-coding-system
))
98 (append-to-file (point-min) (point-max) crashbox
))
99 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
100 (while (> (buffer-size) 5000)
101 (goto-char (point-min))
103 (delete-region (point-min) (point))))
104 (pop3-dele process n
)
106 (if pop3-debug
(sit-for 1) (sit-for 0.1))
109 (kill-buffer crashbuf
)
113 (defun pop3-open-server (mailhost port
)
114 "Open TCP connection to MAILHOST.
115 Returns the process associated with the connection."
116 (let ((process-buffer
117 (get-buffer-create (format "trace of POP session to %s" mailhost
)))
119 (coding-system-for-read 'binary
)
120 (coding-system-for-write 'binary
)
123 (set-buffer process-buffer
)
125 (setq pop3-read-point
(point-min))
128 (open-network-stream "POP" process-buffer mailhost port
))
129 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
131 (substring response
(or (string-match "<" response
) 0)
132 (+ 1 (or (string-match ">" response
) -
1)))))
138 (defun pop3-process-filter (process output
)
140 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
141 (goto-char (point-max))
144 (defun pop3-send-command (process command
)
145 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
146 (goto-char (point-max))
147 ;; (if (= (aref command 0) ?P)
148 ;; (insert "PASS <omitted>\r\n")
149 ;; (insert command "\r\n"))
150 (setq pop3-read-point
(point))
151 (goto-char (point-max))
152 (process-send-string process command
)
153 (process-send-string process
"\r\n")
156 (defun pop3-read-response (process &optional return
)
157 "Read the response from the server.
158 Return the response string if optional second argument is non-nil."
159 (let ((case-fold-search nil
)
162 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
163 (goto-char pop3-read-point
)
164 (while (not (search-forward "\r\n" nil t
))
165 (accept-process-output process
3)
166 (goto-char pop3-read-point
))
167 (setq match-end
(point))
168 (goto-char pop3-read-point
)
169 (if (looking-at "-ERR")
170 (error (buffer-substring (point) (- match-end
2)))
171 (if (not (looking-at "+OK"))
172 (progn (setq pop3-read-point match-end
) nil
)
173 (setq pop3-read-point match-end
)
175 (buffer-substring (point) match-end
)
179 (defun pop3-string-to-list (string &optional regexp
)
180 "Chop up a string into a list."
182 (regexp (or regexp
" "))
183 (string (if (string-match "\r" string
)
184 (substring string
0 (match-beginning 0))
186 (store-match-data nil
)
188 (if (string-match regexp string
)
189 (setq list
(cons (substring string
0 (- (match-end 0) 1)) list
)
190 string
(substring string
(match-end 0)))
191 (setq list
(cons string list
)
195 (defvar pop3-read-passwd nil
)
196 (defun pop3-read-passwd (prompt)
197 (if (not pop3-read-passwd
)
198 (if (fboundp 'read-passwd
)
199 (setq pop3-read-passwd
'read-passwd
)
200 (if (load "passwd" t
)
201 (setq pop3-read-passwd
'read-passwd
)
202 (autoload 'ange-ftp-read-passwd
"ange-ftp")
203 (setq pop3-read-passwd
'ange-ftp-read-passwd
))))
204 (funcall pop3-read-passwd prompt
))
206 (defun pop3-clean-region (start end
)
207 (setq end
(set-marker (make-marker) end
))
210 (while (and (< (point) end
) (search-forward "\r\n" end t
))
211 (replace-match "\n" t t
))
213 (while (and (< (point) end
) (re-search-forward "^\\." end t
))
214 (replace-match "" t t
)
216 (set-marker end nil
))
218 (defun pop3-munge-message-separator (start end
)
219 "Check to see if a message separator exists. If not, generate one."
220 (if (not (fboundp 'message-make-date
)) (autoload 'message-make-date
"message"))
223 (narrow-to-region start end
)
224 (goto-char (point-min))
225 (if (not (or (looking-at "From .?") ; Unix mail
226 (looking-at "\001\001\001\001\n") ; MMDF
227 (looking-at "BABYL OPTIONS:") ; Babyl
229 (let ((from (mail-strip-quoted-names (mail-fetch-field "From")))
230 (date (pop3-string-to-list (or (mail-fetch-field "Date")
231 (message-make-date))))
233 ;; sample date formats I have seen
234 ;; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 09:04:21 -0400 (EDT)
235 ;; Date: 08 Jul 1996 23:22:24 -0400
237 ;; Tue Jul 9 09:04:21 1996
239 (cond ((string-match "[A-Z]" (nth 0 date
))
240 (format "%s %s %s %s %s"
241 (nth 0 date
) (nth 2 date
) (nth 1 date
)
242 (nth 4 date
) (nth 3 date
)))
244 ;; this really needs to be better but I don't feel
245 ;; like writing a date to day converter.
246 (format "Sun %s %s %s %s"
247 (nth 1 date
) (nth 0 date
)
248 (nth 3 date
) (nth 2 date
)))
250 (setq From_
(format "\nFrom %s %s\n" from date
))
251 (while (string-match "," From_
)
252 (setq From_
(concat (substring From_
0 (match-beginning 0))
253 (substring From_
(match-end 0)))))
254 (goto-char (point-min))
259 ;; AUTHORIZATION STATE
261 (defun pop3-user (process user
)
262 "Send USER information to POP3 server."
263 (pop3-send-command process
(format "USER %s" user
))
264 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
265 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
266 (error (format "USER %s not valid." user
)))))
268 (defun pop3-pass (process)
269 "Send authentication information to the server."
270 (pop3-send-command process
(format "PASS %s" pop3-password
))
271 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
272 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
273 (pop3-quit process
))))
275 (defun pop3-apop (process user
)
276 "Send alternate authentication information to the server."
277 (let ((pass pop3-password
))
278 (if (and pop3-password-required
(not pass
))
280 (pop3-read-passwd (format "Password for %s: " pop3-maildrop
))))
282 (let ((hash (pop3-md5 (concat pop3-timestamp pass
))))
283 (pop3-send-command process
(format "APOP %s %s" user hash
))
284 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
285 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
286 (pop3-quit process
)))))
291 (defvar pop3-md5-program
"md5"
292 "*Program to encode its input in MD5.")
294 (defun pop3-md5 (string)
297 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
298 (or shell-file-name
"/bin/sh")
299 t
(current-buffer) nil
300 "-c" pop3-md5-program
)
301 ;; The meaningful output is the first 32 characters.
302 ;; Don't return the newline that follows them!
303 (buffer-substring (point-min) (+ (point-min) 32))))
305 (defun pop3-stat (process)
306 "Return the number of messages in the maildrop and the maildrop's size."
307 (pop3-send-command process
"STAT")
308 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
309 (list (string-to-int (nth 1 (pop3-string-to-list response
)))
310 (string-to-int (nth 2 (pop3-string-to-list response
))))
313 (defun pop3-list (process &optional msg
)
314 "Scan listing of available messages.
315 This function currently does nothing.")
317 (defun pop3-retr (process msg crashbuf
)
318 "Retrieve message-id MSG to buffer CRASHBUF."
319 (pop3-send-command process
(format "RETR %s" msg
))
320 (pop3-read-response process
)
321 (let ((start pop3-read-point
) end
)
323 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
324 (while (not (re-search-forward "^\\.\r\n" nil t
))
325 (accept-process-output process
3)
326 ;; bill@att.com ... to save wear and tear on the heap
327 ;; uncommented because the condensed version below is a problem for
329 (if (> (buffer-size) 20000) (sleep-for 1))
330 (if (> (buffer-size) 50000) (sleep-for 1))
331 (if (> (buffer-size) 100000) (sleep-for 1))
332 (if (> (buffer-size) 200000) (sleep-for 1))
333 (if (> (buffer-size) 500000) (sleep-for 1))
336 ;; (sometimes causes problems for really large messages.)
337 ; (if (> (buffer-size) 20000) (sleep-for (/ (buffer-size) 20000)))
339 (setq pop3-read-point
(point-marker))
340 ;; this code does not seem to work for some POP servers...
341 ;; and I cannot figure out why not.
342 ; (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
344 ; (if (not (looking-at "\r\n"))
346 ; (re-search-forward "\\.\r\n")
347 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
348 (setq end
(point-marker))
349 (pop3-clean-region start end
)
350 (pop3-munge-message-separator start end
)
352 (set-buffer crashbuf
)
354 (copy-to-buffer crashbuf start end
)
355 (delete-region start end
)
358 (defun pop3-dele (process msg
)
359 "Mark message-id MSG as deleted."
360 (pop3-send-command process
(format "DELE %s" msg
))
361 (pop3-read-response process
))
363 (defun pop3-noop (process msg
)
365 (pop3-send-command process
"NOOP")
366 (pop3-read-response process
))
368 (defun pop3-last (process)
369 "Return highest accessed message-id number for the session."
370 (pop3-send-command process
"LAST")
371 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
372 (string-to-int (nth 1 (pop3-string-to-list response
)))
375 (defun pop3-rset (process)
376 "Remove all delete marks from current maildrop."
377 (pop3-send-command process
"RSET")
378 (pop3-read-response process
))
382 (defun pop3-quit (process)
383 "Close connection to POP3 server.
384 Tell server to remove all messages marked as deleted, unlock the maildrop,
385 and close the connection."
386 (pop3-send-command process
"QUIT")
387 (pop3-read-response process t
)
390 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
391 (goto-char (point-max))
392 (delete-process process
))))
394 ;; Summary of POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) commands and responses
396 ;;; AUTHORIZATION STATE
398 ;; Initial TCP connection
400 ;; Restrictions: none
401 ;; Possible responses:
402 ;; +OK [POP3 server ready]
405 ;; Arguments: a server specific user-id (required)
406 ;; Restrictions: authorization state [after unsuccessful USER or PASS
407 ;; Possible responses:
408 ;; +OK [valid user-id]
409 ;; -ERR [invalid user-id]
412 ;; Arguments: a server/user-id specific password (required)
413 ;; Restrictions: authorization state, after successful USER
414 ;; Possible responses:
415 ;; +OK [maildrop locked and ready]
416 ;; -ERR [invalid password]
417 ;; -ERR [unable to lock maildrop]
419 ;;; TRANSACTION STATE
423 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
424 ;; Possible responses:
425 ;; +OK nn mm [# of messages, size of maildrop]
428 ;; Arguments: a message-id (optional)
429 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
430 ;; Possible responses:
431 ;; +OK [scan listing follows]
432 ;; -ERR [no such message]
435 ;; Arguments: a message-id (required)
436 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
437 ;; Possible responses:
438 ;; +OK [message contents follow]
439 ;; -ERR [no such message]
442 ;; Arguments: a message-id (required)
443 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
444 ;; Possible responses:
445 ;; +OK [message deleted]
446 ;; -ERR [no such message]
450 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
451 ;; Possible responses:
456 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
457 ;; Possible responses:
458 ;; +OK nn [highest numbered message accessed]
462 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
463 ;; Possible responses:
464 ;; +OK [all delete marks removed]
470 ;; Restrictions: none
471 ;; Possible responses:
472 ;; +OK [TCP connection closed]