Pop over ssl with ruby?

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Saluton!

Is there an easy way of using net/pop for POP over SSL connections?

The question is not rhetorical, I actually have a POP3 account that
requires using SSL connections (at the moment I have all messages
forwarded to another account that does allow unencrypted POP3
logins).

Gis,

Josef ‘Jupp’ Schugt

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“Josef ‘Jupp’ Schugt” jupp@gmx.de wrote:

Is there an easy way of using net/pop for POP over SSL connections?

The question is not rhetorical, I actually have a POP3 account that
requires using SSL connections (at the moment I have all messages
forwarded to another account that does allow unencrypted POP3
logins).

I think following script does work. This script is once
posted on ruby-list ML and I modify it for ruby 1.6/1.8.
(You need to get `openssl’ library from RAA.)

pops.rb

require ‘net/pop’
require ‘ssl’

module Net

class POP3S < POP3
def POP3S.default_port
995
end

def POP3S.socket_type
  Net::SSLSocket
end

def on_connect
  @socket.ssl_connect
end

end

end

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