To test the server add a username and password and a couple of test messages in the database, then open up the dos prompt, type TELNET LOCALHOST 110 and press return.
Configure an e-mail client to connect to localhost, using a username and password that you've inserted into your database. The image below shows how I've set up this pop3 server on my Outlook program.
In my next article, I will be writing an SMTP server.
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