Port: 110 (TCP)
The Post Office Protocol (POP) is an Internet standard protocol for transferring messages from an e-mail server to an e-mail client.
With the Nmap scripts, you can retrieve information about the server.
To include information about: NetBios, DNS and OS build version.
nmap -n -p 110,995 --script=pop3-ntlm-info <TARGET>
To show which commands the server supports.
nmap -n -p 110,995 --script=pop3-capabilities <TARGET>
Also, you can use the Metasploit module auxiliary/scanner/pop3/pop3_version in order to obtain the pop3 version.
auxiliary/scanner/pop3/pop3_version
In this subsection, you will find some useful commands in order to interact with the POP3 service through CLI.
You can interact with a POP3 services following these steps.
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[telnet <IP> <PORT>] | [nc -nC <IP> <PORT>] ehlo example.com #Some servers also accept helo in place of ehlo. USER <USERNAME> PASS <PASSWORD>
> list 1 897 2 5136
retr 2
dele 2
