PRTG Manual: POP3 Sensor
The POP3 sensor monitors an email server via the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3).
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
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- This sensor does not support Secure Remote Password (SRP) ciphers.
- This sensor does not support Microsoft 365 mailboxes. If you want to monitor a Microsoft 365 mailbox, use the Microsoft 365 Mailbox sensor.
- This sensor only supports IPv4.
- This sensor has a low performance impact.
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Description |
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Sensor Name |
Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets.
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Parent Tags |
The tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.
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Tags |
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
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Priority |
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority ( |
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Description |
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Timeout (Sec.) |
Enter a timeout in seconds for the request. Enter an integer. The maximum timeout value is 900 seconds (15 minutes).
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Port |
Specify the port that the sensor uses for the POP3 connection. The default port for unsecure connections is 110 and the default port for secure connections is 995. The actual setting depends on the server you connect to. Enter an integer.
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Transport-Level Security |
Define how the sensor handles the security of the connection:
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Description |
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POP3 Authentication Method |
Select the authentication method for the POP3 connection:
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User Name |
This setting is only visible if you select User name and password or 128-bit MD5 hash value (APOP) above. Enter a user name for POP3 authentication. Enter a string. |
Password |
This setting is only visible if you select User name and password or 128-bit MD5 hash value (APOP) above. Enter a user name for POP3 authentication. Enter a string. |
Result Handling |
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
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Setting |
Description |
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Primary Channel |
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.
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Graph Type |
Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so. |
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Downtime |
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status |
Response Time |
The response time
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