Description
Retrieves all available mail messages from a designated server using the Post Office Protocol (POP). The PIM is MIME compatible and can extract all enclosures within a mail message. The PIM is capable of decoding both base64 and uuencoded enclosures. Each mail message is deleted from the server after it has been retrieved.
Configuration Variables
popAccountAndHostThe email address (i.e. johndoe@host.org) to retrieve messages from. This variable is required as there is no useful default.password
The password required to access the mail account specified by the sourceSpec. This variable is required as there can not be a default.keepNameOfPoster
Defaults to true. Causes the name of the poster (who the mail is from) to be appended to the identification of the product.useAttachments
Defaults to true. If false, the PIM will ignore enclosures if they are present.Product
The PIM creates a simple Product if there is only one mail item or a VectorProduct if there are multiple mail items.
How it works
Using the sourceSpec and password, the PIM attempts to connect to the mail server. If there is a problem establishing a connection the PIM will wait 60 seconds and then try again. There is a max of 5 connection attempts before an exception is thrown.
Revised: 12 January 1999