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author | Maxim Dounin <mdounin@mdounin.ru> |
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date | Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:40:50 +0300 |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Anton Yuzhaninov Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc. --> <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd"> <module name="Module ngx_mail_pop3_module" link="/en/docs/mail/ngx_mail_pop3_module.html" lang="en" rev="4"> <section id="directives" name="Directives"> <directive name="pop3_auth"> <syntax><value>method</value> ...</syntax> <default>plain</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Sets permitted methods of authentication for POP3 clients. Supported methods are: <list type="tag"> <tag-name><literal>plain</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1939">USER/PASS</link>, <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4616">AUTH PLAIN</link>, <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00">AUTH LOGIN</link>. It is not possible to disable these methods. </tag-desc> <tag-name><literal>apop</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1939">APOP</link>. In order for this method to work, the password must be stored unencrypted. </tag-desc> <tag-name><literal>cram-md5</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2195">AUTH CRAM-MD5</link>. In order for this method to work, the password must be stored unencrypted. </tag-desc> <tag-name><literal>external</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4422">AUTH EXTERNAL</link> (1.11.6). </tag-desc> </list> </para> </directive> <directive name="pop3_capabilities"> <syntax><value>extension</value> ...</syntax> <default>TOP USER UIDL</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Sets the <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2449">POP3 protocol</link> extensions list that is passed to the client in response to the <literal>CAPA</literal> command. The authentication methods specified in the <link id="pop3_auth"/> directive (<link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2449">SASL</link> extension) and <link url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2595">STLS</link> are automatically added to this list depending on the <link doc="ngx_mail_ssl_module.xml" id="starttls"/> directive value. </para> <para> It makes sense to specify the extensions supported by the POP3 backends to which the clients are proxied (if these extensions are related to commands used after the authentication, when nginx transparently proxies the client connection to the backend). </para> <para> The current list of standardized extensions is published at <link url="http://www.iana.org/assignments/pop3-extension-mechanism">www.iana.org</link>. </para> </directive> </section> </module>