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To read mail with VM from a POP spool, an entry specifying the maildrop is needed in vm-spool-files. This can be configured using, for example:

    (add-to-list 'vm-spool-files
                 '("~/mail/POP-INBOX"
                   "pop:HOST:PORT:AUTH:USER:PASSWORD"
                   "~/mail/POP-INBOX.CRASH"))

where PORT is normally 110. To use POP over SSL, use, instead:

    (add-to-list 'vm-spool-files
                 '("~/mail/POP-INBOX"
                   "pop-ssl:HOST:PORT:AUTH:USER:PASSWORD"
                   "~/mail/POP-INBOX.CRASH"))

where PORT is normally 995. In both cases, if PASSWORD is given as *, it will be prompted for the first time that mail is retrieved.

AUTH will normally be “pass”. See the docstring of vm-spool-files for the other acceptable values and their meanings.

By default, messages are removed from the POP server after retrieving them. This is controlled by the variable vm-pop-expunge-after-retrieving, but per-maildrop settings can be made in vm-pop-auto-expunge-alist.

Other variables controlling POP behaviour include:

    vm-pop-bytes-per-session
    vm-pop-max-message-size
    vm-pop-messages-per-session

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