1 ;;; pop3.el --- Post Office Protocol (RFC 1460) interface
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
4 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; 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 (defvar pop3-maildrop
(or (user-login-name) (getenv "LOGNAME") (getenv "USER") nil
)
42 (defvar pop3-mailhost
(or (getenv "MAILHOST") nil
)
47 (defvar pop3-password-required t
48 "*Non-nil if a password is required when connecting to POP server.")
49 (defvar pop3-password nil
50 "*Password to use when connecting to POP server.")
52 (defvar pop3-authentication-scheme
'pass
53 "*POP3 authentication scheme.
54 Defaults to 'pass, for the standard USER/PASS authentication. Other valid
57 (defvar pop3-timestamp nil
58 "Timestamp returned when initially connected to the POP server.
59 Used for APOP authentication.")
61 (defvar pop3-read-point nil
)
62 (defvar pop3-debug nil
)
64 (defun pop3-movemail (&optional crashbox
)
65 "Transfer contents of a maildrop to the specified CRASHBOX."
66 (or crashbox
(setq crashbox
(expand-file-name "~/.crashbox")))
67 (let* ((process (pop3-open-server pop3-mailhost pop3-port
))
68 (crashbuf (get-buffer-create " *pop3-retr*"))
71 (pop3-password pop3-password
)
74 (if pop3-debug
(switch-to-buffer (process-buffer process
)))
76 (if (and pop3-password-required
(not pop3-password
))
78 (pop3-read-passwd (format "Password for %s: " pop3-maildrop
))))
79 (cond ((equal 'apop pop3-authentication-scheme
)
80 (pop3-apop process pop3-maildrop
))
81 ((equal 'pass pop3-authentication-scheme
)
82 (pop3-user process pop3-maildrop
)
84 (t (error "Invalid POP3 authentication scheme")))
85 (setq message-count
(car (pop3-stat process
)))
87 (while (<= n message-count
)
88 (message (format "Retrieving message %d of %d from %s..."
89 n message-count pop3-mailhost
))
90 (pop3-retr process n crashbuf
)
93 (let ((coding-system-for-write 'binary
))
94 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) crashbox t
'nomesg
))
95 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
96 (while (> (buffer-size) 5000)
97 (goto-char (point-min))
99 (delete-region (point-min) (point))))
100 (pop3-dele process n
)
102 (if pop3-debug
(sit-for 1) (sit-for 0.1))
105 (kill-buffer crashbuf
)
109 (defun pop3-get-message-count ()
110 "Return the number of messages in the maildrop."
111 (let* ((process (pop3-open-server pop3-mailhost pop3-port
))
113 (pop3-password pop3-password
)
115 ;; for debugging only
116 (if pop3-debug
(switch-to-buffer (process-buffer process
)))
117 ;; query for password
118 (if (and pop3-password-required
(not pop3-password
))
120 (pop3-read-passwd (format "Password for %s: " pop3-maildrop
))))
121 (cond ((equal 'apop pop3-authentication-scheme
)
122 (pop3-apop process pop3-maildrop
))
123 ((equal 'pass pop3-authentication-scheme
)
124 (pop3-user process pop3-maildrop
)
126 (t (error "Invalid POP3 authentication scheme")))
127 (setq message-count
(car (pop3-stat process
)))
131 (defun pop3-open-server (mailhost port
)
132 "Open TCP connection to MAILHOST on PORT.
133 Returns the process associated with the connection."
134 (let ((coding-system-for-read 'binary
)
135 (coding-system-for-write 'binary
)
138 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create (concat " trace of POP session to "
141 (setq pop3-read-point
(point-min))
142 (setq process
(open-network-stream "POP" (current-buffer) mailhost port
))
143 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
145 (substring response
(or (string-match "<" response
) 0)
146 (+ 1 (or (string-match ">" response
) -
1)))))
151 (defun pop3-process-filter (process output
)
153 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
154 (goto-char (point-max))
157 (defun pop3-send-command (process command
)
158 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
159 (goto-char (point-max))
160 ;; (if (= (aref command 0) ?P)
161 ;; (insert "PASS <omitted>\r\n")
162 ;; (insert command "\r\n"))
163 (setq pop3-read-point
(point))
164 (goto-char (point-max))
165 (process-send-string process
(concat command
"\r\n"))
168 (defun pop3-read-response (process &optional return
)
169 "Read the response from the server.
170 Return the response string if optional second argument is non-nil."
171 (let ((case-fold-search nil
)
174 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
175 (goto-char pop3-read-point
)
176 (while (not (search-forward "\r\n" nil t
))
177 (accept-process-output process
3)
178 (goto-char pop3-read-point
))
179 (setq match-end
(point))
180 (goto-char pop3-read-point
)
181 (if (looking-at "-ERR")
182 (error (buffer-substring (point) (- match-end
2)))
183 (if (not (looking-at "+OK"))
184 (progn (setq pop3-read-point match-end
) nil
)
185 (setq pop3-read-point match-end
)
187 (buffer-substring (point) match-end
)
191 (defvar pop3-read-passwd nil
)
192 (defun pop3-read-passwd (prompt)
193 (if (not pop3-read-passwd
)
194 (if (fboundp 'read-passwd
)
195 (setq pop3-read-passwd
'read-passwd
)
196 (if (load "passwd" t
)
197 (setq pop3-read-passwd
'read-passwd
)
198 (autoload 'ange-ftp-read-passwd
"ange-ftp")
199 (setq pop3-read-passwd
'ange-ftp-read-passwd
))))
200 (funcall pop3-read-passwd prompt
))
202 (defun pop3-clean-region (start end
)
203 (setq end
(set-marker (make-marker) end
))
206 (while (and (< (point) end
) (search-forward "\r\n" end t
))
207 (replace-match "\n" t t
))
209 (while (and (< (point) end
) (re-search-forward "^\\." end t
))
210 (replace-match "" t t
)
212 (set-marker end nil
))
214 (eval-when-compile (defvar parse-time-months
))
216 ;; Copied from message-make-date.
217 (defun pop3-make-date (&optional now
)
218 "Make a valid date header.
219 If NOW, use that time instead."
220 (require 'parse-time
)
221 (let* ((now (or now
(current-time)))
222 (zone (nth 8 (decode-time now
)))
226 (setq zone
(- zone
)))
228 (format-time-string "%d" now
)
229 ;; The month name of the %b spec is locale-specific. Pfff.
231 (capitalize (car (rassoc (nth 4 (decode-time now
))
232 parse-time-months
))))
233 (format-time-string "%Y %H:%M:%S " now
)
234 ;; We do all of this because XEmacs doesn't have the %z spec.
235 (format "%s%02d%02d" sign
(/ zone
3600) (/ (% zone
3600) 60)))))
237 (defun pop3-munge-message-separator (start end
)
238 "Check to see if a message separator exists. If not, generate one."
241 (narrow-to-region start end
)
242 (goto-char (point-min))
243 (if (not (or (looking-at "From .?") ; Unix mail
244 (looking-at "\001\001\001\001\n") ; MMDF
245 (looking-at "BABYL OPTIONS:") ; Babyl
247 (let* ((from (mail-strip-quoted-names (mail-fetch-field "From")))
248 (tdate (mail-fetch-field "Date"))
249 (date (split-string (or (and tdate
250 (not (string= "" tdate
))
255 ;; sample date formats I have seen
256 ;; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 09:04:21 -0400 (EDT)
257 ;; Date: 08 Jul 1996 23:22:24 -0400
259 ;; Tue Jul 9 09:04:21 1996
262 "Tue Jan 1 00:00:0 1900")
263 ((string-match "[A-Z]" (nth 0 date
))
264 (format "%s %s %s %s %s"
265 (nth 0 date
) (nth 2 date
) (nth 1 date
)
266 (nth 4 date
) (nth 3 date
)))
268 ;; this really needs to be better but I don't feel
269 ;; like writing a date to day converter.
270 (format "Sun %s %s %s %s"
271 (nth 1 date
) (nth 0 date
)
272 (nth 3 date
) (nth 2 date
)))
274 (setq From_
(format "\nFrom %s %s\n" from date
))
275 (while (string-match "," From_
)
276 (setq From_
(concat (substring From_
0 (match-beginning 0))
277 (substring From_
(match-end 0)))))
278 (goto-char (point-min))
280 (if (search-forward "\n\n" nil t
)
282 (goto-char (point-max))
284 (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
285 (let ((size (- (point-max) (point-min))))
286 (goto-char (point-min))
289 (insert (format "Content-Length: %s\n" size
)))
294 ;; AUTHORIZATION STATE
296 (defun pop3-user (process user
)
297 "Send USER information to POP3 server."
298 (pop3-send-command process
(format "USER %s" user
))
299 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
300 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
301 (error (format "USER %s not valid" user
)))))
303 (defun pop3-pass (process)
304 "Send authentication information to the server."
305 (pop3-send-command process
(format "PASS %s" pop3-password
))
306 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
307 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
308 (pop3-quit process
))))
310 (defun pop3-apop (process user
)
311 "Send alternate authentication information to the server."
312 (let ((pass pop3-password
))
313 (if (and pop3-password-required
(not pass
))
315 (pop3-read-passwd (format "Password for %s: " pop3-maildrop
))))
317 (let ((hash (pop3-md5 (concat pop3-timestamp pass
))))
318 (pop3-send-command process
(format "APOP %s %s" user hash
))
319 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
320 (if (not (and response
(string-match "+OK" response
)))
321 (pop3-quit process
)))))
328 (defalias 'pop3-md5
'md5
)
329 (defvar pop3-md5-program
"md5"
330 "*Program to encode its input in MD5.")
332 (defun pop3-md5 (string)
335 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
337 t
(current-buffer) nil
)
338 ;; The meaningful output is the first 32 characters.
339 ;; Don't return the newline that follows them!
340 (buffer-substring (point-min) (+ 32 (point-min)))))))
342 (defun pop3-stat (process)
343 "Return the number of messages in the maildrop and the maildrop's size."
344 (pop3-send-command process
"STAT")
345 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
346 (list (string-to-int (nth 1 (split-string response
" ")))
347 (string-to-int (nth 2 (split-string response
" "))))
350 (defun pop3-list (process &optional msg
)
351 "Scan listing of available messages.
352 This function currently does nothing.")
354 (defun pop3-retr (process msg crashbuf
)
355 "Retrieve message-id MSG to buffer CRASHBUF."
356 (pop3-send-command process
(format "RETR %s" msg
))
357 (pop3-read-response process
)
358 (let ((start pop3-read-point
) end
)
360 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
361 (while (not (re-search-forward "^\\.\r\n" nil t
))
362 (accept-process-output process
3)
363 ;; bill@att.com ... to save wear and tear on the heap
364 ;; uncommented because the condensed version below is a problem for
366 (if (> (buffer-size) 20000) (sleep-for 1))
367 (if (> (buffer-size) 50000) (sleep-for 1))
368 (if (> (buffer-size) 100000) (sleep-for 1))
369 (if (> (buffer-size) 200000) (sleep-for 1))
370 (if (> (buffer-size) 500000) (sleep-for 1))
373 ;; (sometimes causes problems for really large messages.)
374 ; (if (> (buffer-size) 20000) (sleep-for (/ (buffer-size) 20000)))
376 (setq pop3-read-point
(point-marker))
377 ;; this code does not seem to work for some POP servers...
378 ;; and I cannot figure out why not.
379 ; (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
381 ; (if (not (looking-at "\r\n"))
383 ; (re-search-forward "\\.\r\n")
384 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
385 (setq end
(point-marker))
386 (pop3-clean-region start end
)
387 (pop3-munge-message-separator start end
)
389 (set-buffer crashbuf
)
391 (copy-to-buffer crashbuf start end
)
392 (delete-region start end
)
395 (defun pop3-dele (process msg
)
396 "Mark message-id MSG as deleted."
397 (pop3-send-command process
(format "DELE %s" msg
))
398 (pop3-read-response process
))
400 (defun pop3-noop (process msg
)
402 (pop3-send-command process
"NOOP")
403 (pop3-read-response process
))
405 (defun pop3-last (process)
406 "Return highest accessed message-id number for the session."
407 (pop3-send-command process
"LAST")
408 (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t
)))
409 (string-to-int (nth 1 (split-string response
" ")))
412 (defun pop3-rset (process)
413 "Remove all delete marks from current maildrop."
414 (pop3-send-command process
"RSET")
415 (pop3-read-response process
))
419 (defun pop3-quit (process)
420 "Close connection to POP3 server.
421 Tell server to remove all messages marked as deleted, unlock the maildrop,
422 and close the connection."
423 (pop3-send-command process
"QUIT")
424 (pop3-read-response process t
)
427 (set-buffer (process-buffer process
))
428 (goto-char (point-max))
429 (delete-process process
))))
431 ;; Summary of POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) commands and responses
433 ;;; AUTHORIZATION STATE
435 ;; Initial TCP connection
437 ;; Restrictions: none
438 ;; Possible responses:
439 ;; +OK [POP3 server ready]
442 ;; Arguments: a server specific user-id (required)
443 ;; Restrictions: authorization state [after unsuccessful USER or PASS
444 ;; Possible responses:
445 ;; +OK [valid user-id]
446 ;; -ERR [invalid user-id]
449 ;; Arguments: a server/user-id specific password (required)
450 ;; Restrictions: authorization state, after successful USER
451 ;; Possible responses:
452 ;; +OK [maildrop locked and ready]
453 ;; -ERR [invalid password]
454 ;; -ERR [unable to lock maildrop]
456 ;;; TRANSACTION STATE
460 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
461 ;; Possible responses:
462 ;; +OK nn mm [# of messages, size of maildrop]
465 ;; Arguments: a message-id (optional)
466 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
467 ;; Possible responses:
468 ;; +OK [scan listing follows]
469 ;; -ERR [no such message]
472 ;; Arguments: a message-id (required)
473 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
474 ;; Possible responses:
475 ;; +OK [message contents follow]
476 ;; -ERR [no such message]
479 ;; Arguments: a message-id (required)
480 ;; Restrictions: transaction state; msg must not be deleted
481 ;; Possible responses:
482 ;; +OK [message deleted]
483 ;; -ERR [no such message]
487 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
488 ;; Possible responses:
493 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
494 ;; Possible responses:
495 ;; +OK nn [highest numbered message accessed]
499 ;; Restrictions: transaction state
500 ;; Possible responses:
501 ;; +OK [all delete marks removed]
507 ;; Restrictions: none
508 ;; Possible responses:
509 ;; +OK [TCP connection closed]
513 ;;; pop3.el ends here