twisted.mail.protocols.POP3Factory

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class POP3Factory(protocol.ServerFactory): (source)

Constructor: POP3Factory(service)

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A POP3 server protocol factory.

Method __init__ No summary
Method buildProtocol Create an instance of a POP3 server protocol.
Instance Variable protocol A callable which creates a protocol. The default value is VirtualPOP3.
Instance Variable service See __init__

Inherited from Factory (via ServerFactory):

Class Method forProtocol Create a factory for the given protocol.
Method doStart Make sure startFactory is called.
Method doStop Make sure stopFactory is called.
Method logPrefix Describe this factory for log messages.
Method startFactory This will be called before I begin listening on a Port or Connector.
Method stopFactory This will be called before I stop listening on all Ports/Connectors.
Class Variable noisy Undocumented
Instance Variable numPorts Undocumented
def __init__(self, service): (source)
Parameters
service:MailServiceAn email service.
def buildProtocol(self, addr): (source)
from twisted.internet.interfaces.IProtocolFactory
overrides twisted.internet.protocol.Factory.buildProtocol

Create an instance of a POP3 server protocol.

Parameters
addr:IAddress providerThe address of the POP3 client.
Returns
POP3A POP3 protocol.
protocol: no-argument callable which returns a Protocol subclass = (source)
overrides twisted.internet.protocol.Factory.protocol

A callable which creates a protocol. The default value is VirtualPOP3.

service = (source)