POP3 Server Test Suite Data Sheet
Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP has been developed through several versions, with version 3 (POP3) being the current standard. Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support POP3, and along with IMAP they are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. This test suite can be used for robustness testing of POP3 Server implementations.
Used specifications
| Specification | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RFC1939 | Post Office Protocol – Version 3 | Obsoletes RFC 1725, Updated by RFC 1957,RFC 2449,RFC 6186 |
| RFC1734 | POP3 AUTHentication command | |
| RFC2449 | POP3 Extension Mechanism | Updates RFC 1939, Updated by RFC 5034 |
| RFC5034 | The Post Office Protocol (POP3) Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Authentication Mechanism | Obsoletes RFC 1734, Updates RFC 2449 |
| RFC2595 | Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP | Updated by RFC 4616 |
| RFC5721 | POP3 Support for UTF-8 | |
| RFC6856 | Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) Support for UTF-8 | Obsoletes RFC 5721 |
| RFC1082 | Post Office Protocol: Version 3: Extended service offerings | |
| RFC3206 | The SYS and AUTH POP Response Codes |
Tool-specific information
| Tested messages | Specifications |
|---|---|
| +OK | RFC1939 |
| -ERR | RFC1939 |
| QUIT | RFC1939 |
| STAT | RFC1939 |
| LIST | RFC1939 |
| RETR | RFC1939 |
| DELE | RFC1939 |
| NOOP | RFC1939 |
| RSET | RFC1939 |
| TOP | RFC1939 |
| UIDL | RFC1939 |
| USER | RFC1939 |
| PASS | RFC1939 |
| APOP | RFC1939 |
| AUTH | RFC1734 |
| CAPA | RFC2449 |
| UTF8 | RFC6856 |
| STLS | RFC2595 |
| XTND | RFC1082 |