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 2.102  2008/05/23 21:30:10  abigail
 Changed email address

 Revision 2.101  2008/05/23 21:28:02  abigail
 Changed license

 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.be).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2008, Damian Conway and Abigail.

This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses: 

 1) The Perl Artistic License.     See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
 2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
 3) The BSD Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
 4) The MIT Licence.               See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.