1 ;;; pop3.el --- Post Office Protocol (RFC 1460) interface
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 96, 97, 98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Richard L. Pieri <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net>
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29 ;; Most of the standard Post Office Protocol version 3 (RFC 1460) commands
30 ;; are implemented. The LIST command has not been implemented due to lack
31 ;; of actual usefulness.
32 ;; The optional POP3 command TOP has not been implemented.
34 ;; This program was inspired by Kyle E. Jones's vm-pop program.
40 (defconst pop3-version
"1.3s")
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 "Coding system for the crashbox made by `pop3-movemail'.")
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
)))
92 (while (<= n message-count
)
93 (message (format "Retrieving message %d of %d from %s..."
94 n message-count pop3-mailhost
))
95 (pop3-retr process n crashbuf
)
98 (let ((coding-system-for-write pop3-movemail-file-coding-system
))
99 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) crashbox t
'nomesg
))
100 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
101 (while (> (buffer-size) 5000)
102 (goto-char (point-min))
104 (delete-region (point-min) (point))))
105 (pop3-dele process n
)
107 (if pop3-debug
(sit-for 1) (sit-for 0.1))
110 (kill-buffer crashbuf
)
114 (defun pop3-open-server (mailhost port
)
115 "Open TCP connection to MAILHOST on PORT.
116 Returns the process associated with the connection."
117 (let ((process-buffer
118 (get-buffer-create (format "trace of POP session to %s" mailhost
)))
120 (coding-system-for-read 'binary
)
121 (coding-system-for-write 'binary
)
124 (set-buffer process-buffer
)
126 (setq pop3-read-point
(point-min))
129 (open-network-stream "POP" process-buffer mailhost port
))
130 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
132 (substring response
(or (string-match "<" response
) 0)
133 (+ 1 (or (string-match ">" response
) -
1)))))
139 (defun pop3-process-filter (process output
)
141 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
142 (goto-char (point-max))
145 (defun pop3-send-command (process command
)
146 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
147 (goto-char (point-max))
148 ;; (if (= (aref command 0) ?P)
149 ;; (insert "PASS <omitted>\r\n")
150 ;; (insert command "\r\n"))
151 (setq pop3-read-point
(point))
152 (goto-char (point-max))
153 (process-send-string process
(concat command
"\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))
256 (re-search-forward "\n\n")
257 (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
258 (let ((size (- (point-max) (point-min))))
259 (goto-char (point-min))
262 (insert (format "Content-Length: %s\n" size
)))
267 ;; AUTHORIZATION STATE
269 (defun pop3-user (process user
)
270 "Send USER information to POP3 server."
271 (pop3-send-command process
(format "USER %s" user
))
272 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
273 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
274 (error (format "USER %s not valid." user
)))))
276 (defun pop3-pass (process)
277 "Send authentication information to the server."
278 (pop3-send-command process
(format "PASS %s" pop3-password
))
279 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
280 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
281 (pop3-quit process
))))
283 (defun pop3-apop (process user
)
284 "Send alternate authentication information to the server."
285 (let ((pass pop3-password
))
286 (if (and pop3-password-required
(not pass
))
288 (pop3-read-passwd (format "Password for %s: " pop3-maildrop
))))
290 (let ((hash (pop3-md5 (concat pop3-timestamp pass
))))
291 (pop3-send-command process
(format "APOP %s %s" user hash
))
292 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
293 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
294 (pop3-quit process
)))))
299 (defvar pop3-md5-program
"md5"
300 "*Program to encode its input in MD5.")
302 (defun pop3-md5 (string)
305 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
306 (or shell-file-name
"/bin/sh")
307 t
(current-buffer) nil
308 "-c" pop3-md5-program
)
309 ;; The meaningful output is the first 32 characters.
310 ;; Don't return the newline that follows them!
311 (buffer-substring (point-min) (+ (point-min) 32))))
313 (defun pop3-stat (process)
314 "Return the number of messages in the maildrop and the maildrop's size."
315 (pop3-send-command process
"STAT")
316 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
317 (list (string-to-int (nth 1 (pop3-string-to-list response
)))
318 (string-to-int (nth 2 (pop3-string-to-list response
))))
321 (defun pop3-list (process &optional msg
)
322 "Scan listing of available messages.
323 This function currently does nothing.")
325 (defun pop3-retr (process msg crashbuf
)
326 "Retrieve message-id MSG to buffer CRASHBUF."
327 (pop3-send-command process
(format "RETR %s" msg
))
328 (pop3-read-response process
)
329 (let ((start pop3-read-point
) end
)
331 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
332 (while (not (re-search-forward "^\\.\r\n" nil t
))
333 (accept-process-output process
3)
334 ;; bill@att.com ... to save wear and tear on the heap
335 ;; uncommented because the condensed version below is a problem for
337 (if (> (buffer-size) 20000) (sleep-for 1))
338 (if (> (buffer-size) 50000) (sleep-for 1))
339 (if (> (buffer-size) 100000) (sleep-for 1))
340 (if (> (buffer-size) 200000) (sleep-for 1))
341 (if (> (buffer-size) 500000) (sleep-for 1))
344 ;; (sometimes causes problems for really large messages.)
345 ; (if (> (buffer-size) 20000) (sleep-for (/ (buffer-size) 20000)))
347 (setq pop3-read-point
(point-marker))
348 ;; this code does not seem to work for some POP servers...
349 ;; and I cannot figure out why not.
350 ; (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
352 ; (if (not (looking-at "\r\n"))
354 ; (re-search-forward "\\.\r\n")
355 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
356 (setq end
(point-marker))
357 (pop3-clean-region start end
)
358 (pop3-munge-message-separator start end
)
360 (set-buffer crashbuf
)
362 (copy-to-buffer crashbuf start end
)
363 (delete-region start end
)
366 (defun pop3-dele (process msg
)
367 "Mark message-id MSG as deleted."
368 (pop3-send-command process
(format "DELE %s" msg
))
369 (pop3-read-response process
))
371 (defun pop3-noop (process msg
)
373 (pop3-send-command process
"NOOP")
374 (pop3-read-response process
))
376 (defun pop3-last (process)
377 "Return highest accessed message-id number for the session."
378 (pop3-send-command process
"LAST")
379 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
380 (string-to-int (nth 1 (pop3-string-to-list response
)))
383 (defun pop3-rset (process)
384 "Remove all delete marks from current maildrop."
385 (pop3-send-command process
"RSET")
386 (pop3-read-response process
))
390 (defun pop3-quit (process)
391 "Close connection to POP3 server.
392 Tell server to remove all messages marked as deleted, unlock the maildrop,
393 and close the connection."
394 (pop3-send-command process
"QUIT")
395 (pop3-read-response process t
)
398 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
399 (goto-char (point-max))
400 (delete-process process
))))
402 ;; Summary of POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) commands and responses
404 ;;; AUTHORIZATION STATE
406 ;; Initial TCP connection
408 ;; Restrictions: none
409 ;; Possible responses:
410 ;; +OK [POP3 server ready]
413 ;; Arguments: a server specific user-id (required)
414 ;; Restrictions: authorization state [after unsuccessful USER or PASS
415 ;; Possible responses:
416 ;; +OK [valid user-id]
417 ;; -ERR [invalid user-id]
420 ;; Arguments: a server/user-id specific password (required)
421 ;; Restrictions: authorization state, after successful USER
422 ;; Possible responses:
423 ;; +OK [maildrop locked and ready]
424 ;; -ERR [invalid password]
425 ;; -ERR [unable to lock maildrop]
427 ;;; TRANSACTION STATE
431 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
432 ;; Possible responses:
433 ;; +OK nn mm [# of messages, size of maildrop]
436 ;; Arguments: a message-id (optional)
437 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
438 ;; Possible responses:
439 ;; +OK [scan listing follows]
440 ;; -ERR [no such message]
443 ;; Arguments: a message-id (required)
444 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
445 ;; Possible responses:
446 ;; +OK [message contents follow]
447 ;; -ERR [no such message]
450 ;; Arguments: a message-id (required)
451 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
452 ;; Possible responses:
453 ;; +OK [message deleted]
454 ;; -ERR [no such message]
458 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
459 ;; Possible responses:
464 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
465 ;; Possible responses:
466 ;; +OK nn [highest numbered message accessed]
470 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
471 ;; Possible responses:
472 ;; +OK [all delete marks removed]
478 ;; Restrictions: none
479 ;; Possible responses:
480 ;; +OK [TCP connection closed]
484 ;;; pop3.el ends here