Testing POP3

Create a test account on Xerxes and telnet to the cyrus machine on the pop3 port and authenticate like this:

[root@mail postfix]# telnet localhost pop3
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK mail.foobar.com Cyrus POP3 v2.2.12-Invoca-RPM-2.2.12-1.1.fc3 server ready 
<36382431.1123872629@mail.foobar.com>
user foo@foobar.com 
+OK Name is a valid mailbox
pass secret123
+OK Mailbox locked and ready
quit
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.

If you get a ''+OK Mailbox locked and ready'', the POP3 authentication mechanism is working.