open.cls' (part of 'Pool_Net')

Description (short): Open pop3 connection (HELO)
Written by: Andreas Kupries
Description: Implements the sequencer to open a POP3 connection
Keywords: POP3, Open connection, HELO command

Class 'pop3OpenSeq'

Superclasses

pop3Sequencer

Options

maxtries
retrydelay
host

Methods

public: GotGreeting (line)
OpenTry ()
pop3OpenSeq ()

Membervariables

public: tries

Options

-maxtries: Specifies the maximum allowed number of trials to connect. Defaults to 1.
default value: 1
-retrydelay: Specifies the time to wait (in milliseconds) after a failure before doing the next try. Defaults to 10 seconds.
default value: 10000
-host: Specifies the host the demon to connect to resides on. Defaults to 'localhost'.
default value: localhost

GotGreeting (line)

Called after the the demon sent a greeting message identifying itself. The sent information is stored in the pop3 descriptor as it may contain information required by APOP.

Argument: line Text of response

OpenTry ()

The first action taken after the construction of the sequencer completes. Tries to get a socket refering to a connection to the server. In case of failure at most maxtries retries are made before giving up.

pop3OpenSeq ()

Constructor.

Membervariables

tries: The number of tries which were executed (and failed) so far.
initial value: 0

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GotGreeting (line)
Called after the the demon sent a greeting message identifying itself. The sent information is stored in the pop3 descriptor as it may contain information required by APOP.
Argument: line	Text of response

OpenTry ()
The first action taken after the construction of the sequencer completes. Tries to get a socket refering to a connection to the server. In case of failure at most maxtries retries are made before giving up.