Authen::Simple::POP3 - Simple POP3 authentication
use Authen::Simple::POP3; my $pop3 = Authen::Simple::POP3->new( host => 'pop3.company.com' ); if ( $pop3->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::POP3 PerlSetVar AuthenSimplePOP3_host "pop3.company.com" <Location /protected> PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::POP3 AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user </Location>
Authenticate against a POP3 service.
new
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:
host
Connection host, can be a hostname or IP number. Defaults to localhost.
localhost
host => 'ftp.company.com' host => '10.0.0.1'
port
Connection port, defaults to 110.
110
port => 110
timeout
Connection timeout, defaults to 60.
timeout => 60
method
Authentication method, defaults to plain. Valid options are apop, plain, sasl.
plain
apop
sasl
method => 'plain'
log
Any object that supports debug, info, error and warn.
debug
info
error
warn
log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::POP3')
authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
Authen::Simple.
Net::POP3.
Christian Hansen ch@ngmedia.com
ch@ngmedia.com
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Authen::Simple::FTP, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Authen::Simple::FTP
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Authen::Simple::FTP
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.