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POP3 AUTH
(I) A "command" [R1734] (better described as a transaction type,
or a protocol-within-a-protocol) in POP3, by which a POP3 client
optionally proposes a mechanism to a POP3 server to authenticate
the client to the server and provide other security services.
(See: POP3 APOP, IMAP4 AUTHENTICATE.)
(C) If the server accepts the proposal, the command is followed by
performing a challenge-response authentication protocol and,
optionally, negotiating a protection mechanism for subsequent POP3
interactions. The security mechanisms used by POP3 AUTH are those
used by IMAP4.
