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This program is an application-level gateway, or proxy, designed to allow
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mail retrieval from POP3 servers by systems that either:
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(a) are behind a firewall or screening router OR
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(b) do not have an assigned IP number OR
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(c) must share a SLIP/PPP connection on another system
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It connects to the POP3 server on behalf of the client, performs the login
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and then passes data both ways until either the client or the server shut
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down the connection. In the meanwhile, the connection will appear to have
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originated on the host running the proxy.
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