[comp.sys.next] has anyone put popper on NeXT 2.0

foster@beno.CSS.GOV (Glen Foster) (04/02/91)

Has anyone patched popper (POP-3 server) to run under NeXT 2.0? Not
being much of a programmer (to my eternal shame) I am intimidated
about inode structures different from that expected under bsd 4.3.

Any help would be appreciated.

Glen Foster

mrc@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Crispin) (04/02/91)

In article <49523@seismo.CSS.GOV> foster@beno.CSS.GOV (Glen Foster) writes:
>Has anyone patched popper (POP-3 server) to run under NeXT 2.0?

I can't answer your question about popper, but if what you want is a
POP3 server there is one included as part of the IMAP distribution on
FTPHOST.CAC.WASHINGTON.EDU as imap/imap.tar.Z (compressed tar file).
When you uncompress and untar it, look in the imap/ipopd directory for
the POP2 and POP3 servers.  You can build it with:
	cd imap/ipopd
	make
then install ipop2d and ipop3d (these run under inetd).

This definitely runs on the NeXT (Mach), as well as a DEC RISC machine
(ULTRIX), Sequent (DYNIX), VAX (BSD),...  I maintain it on all these
platforms.  It uses the c-client mail access library, so the actual
POP code is rather simple and straightforward.

The neat thing about this POP3 server is that it is also an IMAP2
client, so you can leverage on your POP-based PC software to access
IMAP servers.