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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.

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 410
    def initialize(addr, port = nil, isapop = false)
      @address = addr
      @ssl_params = POP3.ssl_params
      @port = 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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