NAME

Regexp::Common::URI::pop -- Returns a pattern for POP URIs.

SYNOPSIS

    use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

    while (<>) {
        /$RE{URI}{POP}/       and  print "Contains a POP URI.\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION

$RE{URI}{POP}

Returns a pattern that matches POP URIs, as defined by RFC 2384. POP URIs have the form:

    "pop:" "//" [ user [ ";AUTH" ( "*" | auth_type ) ] "@" ]
                  host [ ":" port ]

Under {-keep}, the following are returned:

$1

The complete URI.

$2

The scheme.

$3

The user, if given.

$4

The authentication type, if given (could be a *).

$5

The host.

$6

The port, if given.

REFERENCES

[RFC 2384]

Gellens, R.: POP URL Scheme. August 1998.

HISTORY

 $Log: pop.pm,v $
 Revision 2.100  2003/03/25 23:10:23  abigail
 POP URIs

SEE ALSO

Regexp::Common::URI for other supported URIs.

AUTHOR

Abigail. (regexp-common@abigail.nl).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright (c) 2003, Damian Conway and Abigail. All Rights Reserved.
       This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
      and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
            (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)