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- <span id="poplib-pop3-protocol-client"></span><h1><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="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/poplib.py">Lib/poplib.py</a></p>
- <hr class="docutils" id="index-0" />
- <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://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1939.html"><strong>RFC 1939</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 from
- <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1939.html"><strong>RFC 1939</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 also supports the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STLS</span></code> command introduced
- in <span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2595.html"><strong>RFC 2595</strong></a> to enable encrypted communication on an already established connection.</p>
- <p>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>
- <div class="availability docutils container">
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#availability"><span class="std std-ref">Availability</span></a>: not Emscripten, not WASI.</p>
- <p>This module does not work or is not available on WebAssembly platforms
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wasm32-emscripten</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wasm32-wasi</span></code>. See
- <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#wasm-availability"><span class="std std-ref">WebAssembly platforms</span></a> for more information.</p>
- </div>
- <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>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">port=POP3_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="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3" title="Link 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>
- <p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib.connect</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">host</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">port</span></code>.</p>
- <p class="audit-hook"><p>All commands will raise an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a>
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib.putline</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code>,
- where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code> is the bytes about to be sent to the remote host.</p>
- </p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>If the <em>timeout</em> parameter is set to be zero, it will raise a
- <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> to prevent the creation of a non-blocking socket.</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>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">port</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">POP3_SSL_PORT</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">context</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3_SSL" title="Link 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>timeout</em> works as in 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> constructor.
- <em>context</em> is an optional <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext" title="ssl.SSLContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext</span></code></a> object which allows
- bundling SSL configuration options, certificates and private keys into a
- single (potentially long-lived) structure. Please read <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl-security"><span class="std std-ref">Security considerations</span></a>
- for best practices.</p>
- <p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib.connect</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">host</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">port</span></code>.</p>
- <p class="audit-hook"><p>All commands will raise an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a>
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">poplib.putline</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code>,
- where <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code> is the bytes about to be sent to the remote host.</p>
- </p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.2: </span><em>context</em> parameter added.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The class now supports hostname check with
- <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname" title="ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname</span></code></a> and <em>Server Name Indication</em> (see
- <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.HAS_SNI" title="ssl.HAS_SNI"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.HAS_SNI</span></code></a>).</p>
- </div>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>If the <em>timeout</em> parameter is set to be zero, it will raise a
- <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> to prevent the creation of a non-blocking socket.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.12: </span>The deprecated <em>keyfile</em> and <em>certfile</em> parameters have been removed.</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="Link 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>POP3 Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#pop3-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>All POP3 commands are represented by methods of the same name, in lowercase;
- most return the response text sent by the server.</p>
- <p>A <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="Link 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="Link 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.capa">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">capa</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.capa" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Query the server’s capabilities as specified in <span class="target" id="index-4"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2449.html"><strong>RFC 2449</strong></a>.
- Returns a dictionary in the form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{'name':</span> <span class="pre">['param'...]}</span></code>.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
- </div>
- </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="Link 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="Link 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 <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.POP3.quit" title="poplib.POP3.quit"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">quit()</span></code></a> 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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="Link 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><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">which</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.uidl" title="Link 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>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.utf8">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">utf8</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.utf8" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Try to switch to UTF-8 mode. Returns the server response if successful,
- raises <a class="reference internal" href="#poplib.error_proto" title="poplib.error_proto"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_proto</span></code></a> if not. Specified in <span class="target" id="index-5"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6856.html"><strong>RFC 6856</strong></a>.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.5.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="poplib.POP3.stls">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">POP3.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stls</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">context</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#poplib.POP3.stls" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Start a TLS session on the active connection as specified in <span class="target" id="index-6"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2595.html"><strong>RFC 2595</strong></a>.
- This is only allowed before user authentication</p>
- <p><em>context</em> parameter is a <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext" title="ssl.SSLContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext</span></code></a> object which allows
- bundling SSL configuration options, certificates and private keys into
- a single (potentially long-lived) structure. Please read <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl-security"><span class="std std-ref">Security considerations</span></a>
- for best practices.</p>
- <p>This method supports hostname checking via
- <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname" title="ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname</span></code></a> and <em>Server Name Indication</em> (see
- <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.HAS_SNI" title="ssl.HAS_SNI"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.HAS_SNI</span></code></a>).</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
- </div>
- </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>POP3 Example<a class="headerlink" href="#pop3-example" title="Link to this heading">¶</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-python3 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="p">(</span><span class="n">j</span><span class="p">)</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>At the end of the module, there is a test section that contains a more extensive
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