https://github.com/ruby/net-pop

This library provides functionality for retrieving email via POP3, the Post Office Protocol version 3. For details of POP3
https://github.com/ruby/net-pop

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This library provides functionality for retrieving email via POP3, the Post Office Protocol version 3. For details of POP3

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/ruby/net-pop
Owner: ruby
License: bsd-2-clause
Created: 2019-08-06T03:28:08.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2025-11-25T02:16:38.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-26T06:09:46.834Z (about 1 month ago)
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Net::POP3

This library provides functionality for retrieving
email via POP3, the Post Office Protocol version 3. For details
of POP3, see RFC1939.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'net-pop'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install net-pop

Usage

This example retrieves messages from the server and deletes them
on the server.

Messages are written to files named 'inbox/1', 'inbox/2', ....
Replace 'pop.example.com' with your POP3 server address, and
'YourAccount' and 'YourPassword' with the appropriate account
details.

require 'net/pop'

pop = Net::POP3.new('pop.example.com')
pop.start('YourAccount', 'YourPassword')             # (1)
if pop.mails.empty?
  puts 'No mail.'
else
  i = 0
  pop.each_mail do |m|   # or "pop.mails.each ..."   # (2)
    File.open("inbox/#{i}", 'w') do |f|
      f.write m.pop
    end
    m.delete
    i += 1
  end
  puts "#{pop.mails.size} mails popped."
end
pop.finish                                           # (3)

Call Net::POP3#start and start POP session.
Access messages by using POP3#each_mail and/or POP3#mails.
Close POP session by calling POP3#finish or use the block form of #start.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ruby/net-pop.

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