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new( addr, port = nil, isapop = false ) public

Creates a new POP3 object.

address is the hostname or ip address of your POP3 server.

The optional port is the port to connect to; it defaults to 110.

The optional isapop specifies whether this connection is going to use APOP authentication; it defaults to false.

This method does not open the TCP connection.

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# File lib/net/pop.rb, line 342
    def initialize( addr, port = nil, isapop = false )
      @address = addr
      @port = port || self.class.default_port
      @apop = isapop

      @command = nil
      @socket = nil
      @started = false
      @open_timeout = 30
      @read_timeout = 60
      @debug_output = nil

      @mails = nil
      @n_mails = nil
      @n_bytes = nil
    end

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