| 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 | # POP3 - Post Office Protocol version 3 (popular e-mail protocol) - RFC 1939# Pattern quality: good veryfast## This pattern has been tested somewhat.  If it does not# work for you, or you believe it could be improved, please post to # l7-filter-developers@lists.sf.net .  This list may be subscribed to at# http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/l7-filter-developers# this is a difficult protocol to match because of the relative lack of # distinguishing information.  Read on.pop3# this the most conservative pattern.  It should definitely work.#^(\+ok|-err)# this pattern assumes that the server says _something_ after +ok or -err# I think this is probably the way to go.^(\+ok |-err )# more that 90% of servers seem to say "pop" after "+ok", but not all.#^(\+ok .*pop)# Here's another tack. I think this is my second favorite.#^(\+ok [\x09-\x0d -~]*(ready|hello|pop|starting)|-err [\x09-\x0d -~]*(invalid|unknown|unimplemented|unrecognized|command))# this matches the server saying "you have N messages that are M bytes",# which the client probably asks for early in the session (not tested)#\+ok [0-9]+ [0-9]+# some sample servers:# RFC example:        +OK POP3 server ready <1896.697170952@dbc.mtview.ca.us># mail.dreamhost.com: +OK Hello there.# pop.carleton.edu:   +OK POP3D(*) Server PMDFV6.2.2 at Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:28:10 -0500 (CDT) (APOP disabled)# mail.earthlink.net: +OK NGPopper vEL_4_38 at earthlink.net ready <25509.1063412951@falcon># *.email.umn.edu:    +OK Cubic Circle's v1.22 1998/04/11 POP3 ready <7d1e0000da67623f@aquamarine.tc.umn.edu># mail.yale.edu:      +OK POP3 pantheon-po01 v2002.81 server ready# mail.gustavus.edu:  +OK POP3 solen v2001.78 server ready# mail.reed.edu:      +OK POP3 letra.reed.edu v2002.81 server ready# mail.bowdoin.edu:   +OK mail.bowdoin.edu POP3 service (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.15 (built Apr 28 2003))# pop.colby.edu:      +OK Qpopper (version 4.0.5) at basalt starting.# mail.mac.com:       +OK Netscape Messaging Multiplexor ready# various error strings:#-ERR Invalid command.#-ERR invalid command#-ERR unimplemented#-ERR Invalid command, try one of: USER name, PASS string, QUIT#-ERR Unknown AUTHORIZATION state command#-ERR Unrecognized command#-ERR Unknown command: "sadf'".
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