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diff --git a/mail/pop3gwd/pkg-descr b/mail/pop3gwd/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..af38f6bb750e --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/pop3gwd/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This program is an application-level gateway, or proxy, designed to allow +mail retrieval from POP3 servers by systems that either: + + (a) are behind a firewall or screening router OR + (b) do not have an assigned IP number OR + (c) must share a SLIP/PPP connection on another system + +It connects to the POP3 server on behalf of the client, performs the login +and then passes data both ways until either the client or the server shut +down the connection. In the meanwhile, the connection will appear to have +originated on the host running the proxy. |