Reference: new
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:56:36Z

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| Chapter 14 Email Connectivity |

## new

     $pop = Net::POP3->new([host,] [options])

Constructor. Creates a new Net::POP3 object. host is the name of the remote host to which you want to make a POP3 connection. If host is not specified, then the POP3_Host specified in Net::Config is used.

options are passed as key/value pairs, where the option is the key. The possible options are:

`Debug`

  Enables debugging information

`Timeout`

  Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for a response from the POP3 server. Default is 120 seconds.

14. Email Connectivity |  | Reference: apop