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+"use strict";
+/**
+ * @module     b.mail.server.pop3
+ * @nav        Mail
+ * @title      Mail POP3 Server
+ * @order      550
+ *
+ * @intro
+ *   POP3 mailbox-access listener (RFC 1939 + RFC 2449 capabilities +
+ *   RFC 2595 STLS + RFC 5034 SASL AUTH). Opt-in legacy fallback for
+ *   MUAs that don't speak IMAP — the framework's blamepost roadmap
+ *   makes JMAP primary and IMAP/POP3 opt-ins; this listener exists
+ *   so operators with last-decade MUAs (older Outlook profiles,
+ *   legacy mobile clients, simple device firmware) can still
+ *   authenticate + pull messages.
+ *
+ *   ## State machine (RFC 1939 §3)
+ *
+ *   ```
+ *   AUTHORIZATION → TRANSACTION → UPDATE → (close)
+ *   ```
+ *
+ *   - **AUTHORIZATION**: STLS / CAPA / USER / PASS / APOP / AUTH /
+ *     QUIT. After successful USER+PASS / APOP / AUTH the connection
+ *     enters TRANSACTION.
+ *   - **TRANSACTION**: STAT / LIST / RETR / DELE / NOOP / RSET / TOP /
+ *     UIDL / QUIT. DELE marks messages for deletion; actual deletion
+ *     happens in UPDATE state on QUIT.
+ *   - **UPDATE**: triggered by QUIT from TRANSACTION; the listener
+ *     calls `mailStore.commitPop3Drop(actor, dropId)` to apply the
+ *     pending deletes atomically, then closes.
+ *
+ *   ## Wire-protocol defenses
+ *
+ *   - **Cleartext-auth refusal under strict** — RFC 1939 USER/PASS
+ *     sends the password in plaintext. Strict + balanced profiles
+ *     refuse USER/PASS pre-TLS; operators with legacy clients pass
+ *     `profile: "permissive"`.
+ *
+ *   - **STLS injection (CVE-2021-33515 class)** — STLS upgrade clears
+ *     pre-handshake receive buffer; any pipelined command queued
+ *     before TLS is dropped.
+ *
+ *   - **APOP refusal under strict** — RFC 1939 §7 APOP uses MD5
+ *     challenge-response. M³AAWG / NIST SP 800-131A r2 phase out
+ *     MD5; the strict profile refuses APOP.
+ *
+ *   - **Per-IP rate limit + AUTH-failure budget** — composes
+ *     `b.mail.server.rateLimit` (default-on). The submission listener's
+ *     `authFailuresPerIpPer15Min` cap applies to USER+PASS / APOP /
+ *     AUTH refusals.
+ *
+ *   - **Slow-loris on RETR / TOP** — per-connection `idleTimeoutMs`
+ *     bounds dead connections; `b.mail.server.rateLimit.minBytesPerSecond`
+ *     bounds trickle-receive class.
+ *
+ *   ## Audit lifecycle
+ *
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.connect`             — IP, TLS state
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.auth_attempt`        — verb, actor-hash
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.auth_success`        — verb, tenantId
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.auth_failed`         — verb, reason
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.auth_rate_limit_refused`
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.transaction_start`   — drop count, total size
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.retr`                — msg-num
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.dele`                — msg-num (marked-for-delete)
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.update_commit`       — final-deleted count
+ *   - `mail.server.pop3.rate_limit_refused`  — IP, reason
+ *
+ *   ## What v1 does NOT ship
+ *
+ *   - **APOP** — refused under strict + balanced; permissive opts in.
+ *     APOP uses MD5; modern deployments use TLS + USER/PASS or SASL
+ *     instead.
+ *   - **SASL mechanisms beyond PLAIN** — CRAM-MD5 / SCRAM-SHA-256 /
+ *     OAUTHBEARER all wire through operator's `auth.verify`. v1
+ *     advertises PLAIN only; operators add via `auth.mechanisms`.
+ *   - **Multi-step SASL exchange** — single-step PLAIN is sufficient
+ *     for the v1 surface; SCRAM round-trip ships when an operator
+ *     surfaces demand.
+ *   - **Per-message lock** — POP3 has no native message-id beyond
+ *     UIDL; concurrent connections from the same actor compete via
+ *     `mailStore.openPop3Drop({ exclusive: true })`.
+ *
+ *   ## Composition contract
+ *
+ *   - `b.guardPop3Command` — wire-protocol gate
+ *   - `b.mail.server.rateLimit` — DoS defense
+ *   - `b.mailStore` — operator-supplied backend (must expose
+ *     `openPop3Drop(actor, opts)` / `commitPop3Drop(actor, dropId)` /
+ *     `getMessage(actor, dropId, msgNum, { headersOnly?, headerLines? })` /
+ *     `listMessages(actor, dropId)` / `markDelete(actor, dropId, msgNum)`)
+ *   - operator's `auth.verify(mechanism, credentials)` async predicate
+ *   - `b.network.tls.context` — TLS posture
+ *
+ * @card
+ *   POP3 mailbox-access listener (RFC 1939 + RFC 2449 + RFC 2595 +
+ *   RFC 5034). Opt-in legacy fallback; state machine AUTH → TRANS →
+ *   UPDATE. Composes b.guardPop3Command + b.mail.server.rateLimit +
+ *   operator-supplied mailStore + SASL authenticator. STLS-injection
+ *   defense + AUTH-failure budget + cleartext-auth refusal under
+ *   strict.
+ */
+
+var net = require("node:net");
+var lazyRequire = require("./lazy-require");
+var C = require("./constants");
+var bCrypto = require("./crypto");
+var numericBounds = require("./numeric-bounds");
+var validateOpts = require("./validate-opts");
+var guardPop3Command = require("./guard-pop3-command");
+var mailServerRateLimit = require("./mail-server-rate-limit");
+var mailServerTls = require("./mail-server-tls");
+var safeSmtp = require("./safe-smtp");
+var { defineClass } = require("./framework-error");
+
+var audit = lazyRequire(function () { return require("./audit"); });
+
+var MailServerPop3Error = defineClass("MailServerPop3Error", { alwaysPermanent: true });
+
+var DEFAULT_MAX_LINE_BYTES   = 1024;                                                                  // allow:raw-byte-literal — RFC 2449 §4 line cap (permissive)
+var DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS  = C.TIME.minutes(10);
+var DEFAULT_GREETING_VENDOR  = "blamejs POP3";
+
+var ERR_CLAMP = 200;                                                                                  // allow:raw-byte-literal — protocol-reply error-message clamp
+
+/**
+ * @primitive b.mail.server.pop3.create
+ * @signature b.mail.server.pop3.create(opts)
+ * @since     0.9.52
+ * @status    stable
+ * @related   b.mail.server.imap.create, b.mail.server.submission.create, b.mailStore.create
+ *
+ * Build a POP3 listener (RFC 1939). Returns a handle exposing
+ * `listen({ port, address })` and `close()`. POP3 is opt-in legacy —
+ * deployments should prefer `b.mail.server.imap` + `b.mail.server.jmap`
+ * for new MUAs.
+ *
+ * @opts
+ *   tlsContext:        SecureContext,           // required (no plaintext)
+ *   greeting:          string,                   // default "blamejs POP3"
+ *   maxLineBytes:      number,                   // default 1024
+ *   idleTimeoutMs:     number,                   // default 10 min
+ *   profile:           "strict" | "balanced" | "permissive",
+ *   auth: {
+ *     mechanisms:      ["PLAIN"],                 // SASL mechs to advertise
+ *     verify:          async function (mech, credentials) → { ok, actor },
+ *   },
+ *   mailStore:         b.mailStore handle,
+ *   rateLimit:         b.mail.server.rateLimit handle | opts | false,
+ *   audit:             b.audit
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   var pop3 = b.mail.server.pop3.create({
+ *     tlsContext: b.mail.server.tls.context({ certFile, keyFile }).secureContext,
+ *     auth: {
+ *       mechanisms: ["PLAIN"],
+ *       verify:     async function (mech, creds) {
+ *         return { ok: true, actor: { username: creds.authzid, tenantId: "t1" } };
+ *       },
+ *     },
+ *     mailStore: b.mailStore.create({ backend: b.db.handle() }),
+ *   });
+ *   await pop3.listen({ port: 110 });
+ */
+function create(opts) {
+  validateOpts.requireObject(opts, "mail.server.pop3.create",
+    MailServerPop3Error, "mail-server-pop3/bad-opts");
+  if (!opts.tlsContext) {
+    throw new MailServerPop3Error("mail-server-pop3/no-tls-context",
+      "mail.server.pop3.create: tlsContext is required (no implicit plaintext mode). " +
+      "Use b.mail.server.tls.context({ certFile, keyFile, watch: true }).");
+  }
+  if (!opts.mailStore || typeof opts.mailStore.openPop3Drop !== "function") {
+    throw new MailServerPop3Error("mail-server-pop3/no-mail-store",
+      "mail.server.pop3.create: mailStore is required (must expose openPop3Drop/commitPop3Drop/" +
+      "getMessage/listMessages/markDelete; compose b.mailStore.create or operator-supplied backend)");
+  }
+  numericBounds.requireAllPositiveFiniteIntIfPresent(opts,
+    ["maxLineBytes", "idleTimeoutMs"],
+    "mail.server.pop3.", MailServerPop3Error, "mail-server-pop3/bad-bound");
+
+  var greeting        = opts.greeting        || DEFAULT_GREETING_VENDOR;
+  var maxLineBytes    = opts.maxLineBytes    || DEFAULT_MAX_LINE_BYTES;
+  var idleTimeoutMs   = opts.idleTimeoutMs   || DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  var profile         = opts.profile         || "strict";
+  var authConfig      = opts.auth            || null;
+  var mailStore       = opts.mailStore;
+
+  var rateLimit;
+  if (opts.rateLimit === false) {
+    rateLimit = mailServerRateLimit.create({ disabled: true });
+  } else if (opts.rateLimit && typeof opts.rateLimit.admitConnection === "function") {
+    rateLimit = opts.rateLimit;
+  } else {
+    rateLimit = mailServerRateLimit.create(opts.rateLimit || {});
+  }
+
+  var tcpServer = null;
+  var listening = false;
+  var connections = new Set();
+
+  function _emit(action, metadata, outcome) {
+    try {
+      audit().safeEmit({
+        action: action,
+        outcome: outcome || "success",
+        metadata: metadata || {},
+      });
+    } catch (_e) { /* drop-silent */ }
+  }
+
+  function _handleConnection(rawSocket) {
+    var remoteAddress = rawSocket.remoteAddress || "0.0.0.0";
+    var admit = rateLimit.admitConnection(remoteAddress);
+    if (!admit.ok) {
+      _emit("mail.server.pop3.rate_limit_refused",
+        { remoteAddress: remoteAddress, reason: admit.reason }, "denied");
+      try { rawSocket.write("-ERR Too many connections from your IP\r\n"); }
+      catch (_e) { /* socket may be down */ }
+      try { rawSocket.destroy(); } catch (_e2) { /* idempotent */ }
+      return;
+    }
+    var connectionId = "pop3conn-" + bCrypto.generateToken(8);                                       // allow:raw-byte-literal — connection-id length
+    var socket = rawSocket;
+    connections.add(socket);
+    // Single close handler covers BOTH operator-driven `_close(socket)`
+    // and client-initiated disconnects (TCP FIN / RST without a
+    // server-side close call) — releases the rate-limit slot AND
+    // removes the socket from the tracking set so it can't accumulate
+    // stale entries across long-lived deployments.
+    rawSocket.once("close", function () {
+      rateLimit.releaseConnection(remoteAddress);
+      connections.delete(socket);
+    });
+
+    var state = {
+      id:            connectionId,
+      remoteAddress: remoteAddress,
+      tls:           false,
+      stage:         "authorization",
+      actor:         null,
+      tentativeUser: null,           // USER name pending PASS
+      dropId:        null,           // mailStore-issued drop handle on TRANSACTION entry
+      lineBuffer:    Buffer.alloc(0),
+    };
+
+    _emit("mail.server.pop3.connect",
+      { connectionId: connectionId, remoteAddress: remoteAddress });
+
+    socket.setTimeout(idleTimeoutMs);
+    socket.on("timeout", function () {
+      _writeErr(socket, "Idle timeout");
+      _close(socket);
+    });
+    socket.on("error", function (err) {
+      _emit("mail.server.pop3.socket_error",
+        { connectionId: connectionId, error: (err && err.message) || String(err) }, "failure");
+    });
+
+    _writeOk(socket, greeting + " ready");
+
+    socket.on("data", function (chunk) {
+      state.lineBuffer = Buffer.concat([state.lineBuffer, chunk]);
+      _drainBuffer(state, socket);
+    });
+  }
+
+  function _drainBuffer(state, socket) {
+    while (true) {
+      var crlf = state.lineBuffer.indexOf("\r\n");
+      if (crlf === -1) {
+        if (state.lineBuffer.length > maxLineBytes) {
+          _writeErr(socket, "Line too long (cap " + maxLineBytes + ")");
+          _close(socket);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+      var rawLine = state.lineBuffer.subarray(0, crlf).toString("utf8");
+      state.lineBuffer = state.lineBuffer.subarray(crlf + 2);
+      _handleLine(state, socket, rawLine);
+      if (state.stage === "closed") return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  function _handleLine(state, socket, line) {
+    var parsed;
+    try {
+      parsed = guardPop3Command.validate(line, {
+        profile: profile,
+        tls:     state.tls,
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      _writeErr(socket, (e && e.message ? e.message.slice(0, ERR_CLAMP) : "syntax"));
+      return;
+    }
+    _dispatch(state, socket, parsed);
+  }
+
+  function _dispatch(state, socket, parsed) {
+    var verb = parsed.verb;
+    var args = parsed.args;
+    switch (verb) {
+    case "CAPA":   return _handleCapa(state, socket);
+    case "STLS":   return _handleStls(state, socket);
+    case "USER":   return _handleUser(state, socket, args);
+    case "PASS":   return _handlePass(state, socket, args);
+    case "APOP":   return _handleApop(state, socket, args);
+    case "AUTH":   return _handleAuth(state, socket, args);
+    case "QUIT":   return _handleQuit(state, socket);
+    case "STAT":   return _handleStat(state, socket);
+    case "LIST":   return _handleList(state, socket, args);
+    case "RETR":   return _handleRetr(state, socket, args);
+    case "DELE":   return _handleDele(state, socket, args);
+    case "NOOP":   return _writeOk(socket, "noop");
+    case "RSET":   return _handleRset(state, socket);
+    case "TOP":    return _handleTop(state, socket, args);
+    case "UIDL":   return _handleUidl(state, socket, args);
+    default:       return _writeErr(socket, "Verb '" + verb + "' not implemented");
+    }
+  }
+
+  function _handleCapa(state, socket) {
+    _writeOk(socket, "Capability list follows");
+    socket.write("TOP\r\n");
+    socket.write("UIDL\r\n");
+    socket.write("RESP-CODES\r\n");
+    if (!state.tls) socket.write("STLS\r\n");
+    // Advertise AUTH mechanisms ONLY when wired (Codex P2 IMAP lesson:
+    // don't hardcode SASL mechs in caps).
+    if (authConfig && Array.isArray(authConfig.mechanisms) && authConfig.mechanisms.length > 0) {
+      var mechs = authConfig.mechanisms.map(function (m) {
+        return String(m).toUpperCase();
+      }).join(" ");
+      socket.write("SASL " + mechs + "\r\n");
+    }
+    socket.write("IMPLEMENTATION blamejs\r\n");
+    socket.write(".\r\n");
+  }
+
+  function _handleStls(state, socket) {
+    if (state.tls) {
+      _writeErr(socket, "STLS already negotiated");
+      return;
+    }
+    // RFC 2595 §4 — STLS is only valid in AUTHORIZATION state. Once
+    // a session has reached TRANSACTION (authenticated, with a drop
+    // lock against the mailbox), a TLS upgrade mid-session would
+    // re-key without re-authenticating and produce undefined
+    // behaviour against open mailbox state.
+    if (state.stage !== "authorization") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "STLS only valid in AUTHORIZATION (RFC 2595 §4)");
+      return;
+    }
+    _writeOk(socket, "Begin TLS negotiation");
+    // Drain pre-handshake buffer (RFC 2595 §4 + CVE-2021-33515 class
+    // STLS-injection defense — any pipelined commands the client
+    // queued before the upgrade are discarded; post-TLS reads fresh).
+    // Listener-removal + idle-timeout re-arm live in the shared
+    // upgradeSocket helper (b.mail.server.tls.upgradeSocket).
+    state.lineBuffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+    // POP3 doesn't have an authPending shape (the SASL state is local
+    // to _handleAuth), but reset tentativeUser so a USER pipelined
+    // pre-handshake cannot bind a post-handshake PASS.
+    state.tentativeUser = null;
+    mailServerTls.upgradeSocket({
+      plainSocket:   socket,
+      secureContext: opts.tlsContext,
+      idleTimeoutMs: idleTimeoutMs,
+      onSecure: function (_tlsSocket) { state.tls = true; },
+      onData: function (tlsSocket, chunk) {
+        state.lineBuffer = Buffer.concat([state.lineBuffer, chunk]);
+        _drainBuffer(state, tlsSocket);
+      },
+      onError: function (err) {
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.tls_handshake_failed",
+          { connectionId: state.id, error: (err && err.message) || String(err) }, "failure");
+        _close(socket);
+      },
+      onTimeout: function (tlsSocket) {
+        _writeErr(tlsSocket, "Idle timeout");
+        _close(tlsSocket);
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  function _handleUser(state, socket, args) {
+    if (state.stage !== "authorization") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "USER only valid in AUTHORIZATION");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (state.actor) {
+      _writeErr(socket, "Already authenticated");
+      return;
+    }
+    // RFC 2595 §2.1 defense-in-depth — the guardPop3Command validator
+    // refuses USER over cleartext under strict at the wire boundary,
+    // but balanced/permissive operators previously reached this path
+    // and accepted a plaintext password. Refuse here too so a guard
+    // relax doesn't open BUG-11/MAIL-37 (cleartext credentials in
+    // POP3 USER/PASS) by composition. Permissive operators opt out
+    // by explicitly setting profile: "permissive".
+    if (!state.tls && profile !== "permissive") {
+      _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_refused_cleartext",
+        { connectionId: state.id, verb: "USER", remoteAddress: state.remoteAddress },
+        "denied");
+      rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+      _writeErr(socket, "USER refused over cleartext (use STLS first; RFC 2595 §2.1)");
+      return;
+    }
+    state.tentativeUser = args[0];
+    _writeOk(socket, "Send password");
+  }
+
+  function _handlePass(state, socket, args) {
+    if (state.stage !== "authorization" || !state.tentativeUser) {
+      _writeErr(socket, "PASS only valid after USER");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!authConfig || typeof authConfig.verify !== "function") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "AUTH not configured on this listener");
+      return;
+    }
+    // BUG-11 / MAIL-37 — refuse PASS over cleartext when not permissive.
+    // USER already gated above, but this is defense-in-depth in case the
+    // USER guard was bypassed by a future codepath.
+    if (!state.tls && profile !== "permissive") {
+      _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_refused_cleartext",
+        { connectionId: state.id, verb: "PASS", remoteAddress: state.remoteAddress },
+        "denied");
+      rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+      _writeErr(socket, "PASS refused over cleartext (use STLS first; RFC 2595 §2.1)");
+      return;
+    }
+    var authAdmit = rateLimit.checkAuthAdmit(state.remoteAddress);
+    if (!authAdmit.ok) {
+      _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_rate_limit_refused",
+        { connectionId: state.id, remoteAddress: state.remoteAddress, reason: authAdmit.reason },
+        "denied");
+      _writeErr(socket, "Too many AUTH failures from your IP");
+      _close(socket);
+      return;
+    }
+    var username = state.tentativeUser;
+    state.tentativeUser = null;
+    var password = args[0];
+    _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_attempt",
+      { connectionId: state.id, verb: "PASS", remoteAddress: state.remoteAddress });
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () {
+        return authConfig.verify("PLAIN", {
+          username:      username,
+          password:      password,
+          tls:           state.tls,
+          remoteAddress: state.remoteAddress,
+        });
+      })
+      .then(function (result) {
+        if (result && result.ok && result.actor) {
+          state.actor = result.actor;
+          _enterTransaction(state, socket, "PASS");
+          return;
+        }
+        rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_failed",
+          { connectionId: state.id, verb: "PASS", reason: "verify-returned-fail" }, "denied");
+        _writeErr(socket, "Authentication failed");
+      })
+      .catch(function () {
+        rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+        _writeErr(socket, "Authentication failed");
+      });
+  }
+
+  function _handleApop(state, socket, args) {
+    // The validator already refuses APOP under strict; this just
+    // means the operator opted into balanced/permissive. Treat as
+    // username+digest and delegate to authConfig.verify with the APOP
+    // mechanism name.
+    if (state.stage !== "authorization") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "APOP only valid in AUTHORIZATION");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!authConfig || typeof authConfig.verify !== "function") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "AUTH not configured");
+      return;
+    }
+    var authAdmit = rateLimit.checkAuthAdmit(state.remoteAddress);
+    if (!authAdmit.ok) {
+      _writeErr(socket, "Too many AUTH failures from your IP");
+      _close(socket);
+      return;
+    }
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () {
+        return authConfig.verify("APOP", {
+          username:      args[0],
+          digest:        args[1],
+          tls:           state.tls,
+          remoteAddress: state.remoteAddress,
+        });
+      })
+      .then(function (result) {
+        if (result && result.ok && result.actor) {
+          state.actor = result.actor;
+          _enterTransaction(state, socket, "APOP");
+          return;
+        }
+        rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+        _writeErr(socket, "Authentication failed");
+      })
+      .catch(function () {
+        rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+        _writeErr(socket, "Authentication failed");
+      });
+  }
+
+  function _handleAuth(state, socket, args) {
+    if (state.stage !== "authorization") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "AUTH only valid in AUTHORIZATION");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!authConfig || typeof authConfig.verify !== "function") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "AUTH not configured");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (args.length === 0) {
+      // RFC 5034 — `AUTH` alone enumerates mechanisms
+      _writeOk(socket, "Supported mechanisms follow");
+      var mechs = (authConfig.mechanisms || ["PLAIN"]).map(function (m) {
+        return String(m).toUpperCase();
+      });
+      for (var i = 0; i < mechs.length; i += 1) socket.write(mechs[i] + "\r\n");
+      socket.write(".\r\n");
+      return;
+    }
+    // RFC 2595 §2.1 + RFC 5034 §4 — refuse mech-bearing AUTH over
+    // cleartext under strict (defense-in-depth — guardPop3Command
+    // refuses at the validate boundary, this catches any
+    // configuration where the gate was relaxed but the AUTH path
+    // still receives traffic).
+    if (!state.tls && profile === "strict") {
+      _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_refused_cleartext",
+        { connectionId: state.id, verb: "AUTH", mech: args[0] }, "denied");
+      _writeErr(socket, "AUTH refused over cleartext (use STLS first; RFC 2595 §2.1)");
+      return;
+    }
+    var authAdmit = rateLimit.checkAuthAdmit(state.remoteAddress);
+    if (!authAdmit.ok) {
+      _writeErr(socket, "Too many AUTH failures from your IP");
+      _close(socket);
+      return;
+    }
+    var mech = args[0].toUpperCase();
+    var initialResp = args.length > 1 ? args.slice(1).join(" ") : null;
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () {
+        return authConfig.verify(mech, {
+          clientResponse: initialResp,
+          tls:            state.tls,
+          remoteAddress:  state.remoteAddress,
+        });
+      })
+      .then(function (result) {
+        if (result && result.ok && result.actor) {
+          state.actor = result.actor;
+          _enterTransaction(state, socket, "AUTH/" + mech);
+          return;
+        }
+        rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+        _writeErr(socket, "Authentication failed");
+      })
+      .catch(function () {
+        rateLimit.noteAuthFailure(state.remoteAddress);
+        _writeErr(socket, "Authentication failed");
+      });
+  }
+
+  function _enterTransaction(state, socket, verb) {
+    if (typeof mailStore.openPop3Drop !== "function") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "Backend missing openPop3Drop");
+      return;
+    }
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.openPop3Drop(state.actor, {}); })
+      .then(function (drop) {
+        state.dropId = drop && drop.dropId;
+        state.stage = "transaction";
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.auth_success",
+          { connectionId: state.id, verb: verb, tenantId: state.actor.tenantId || null });
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.transaction_start",
+          { connectionId: state.id, dropCount: (drop && drop.count) || 0,
+            totalBytes: (drop && drop.totalBytes) || 0 });
+        _writeOk(socket, "Logged in");
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) {
+        _writeErr(socket, "Cannot open drop: " + ((err && err.message) || "backend error").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP));
+      });
+  }
+
+  function _handleQuit(state, socket) {
+    if (state.stage !== "transaction") {
+      _writeOk(socket, "Goodbye");
+      _close(socket);
+      return;
+    }
+    state.stage = "update";
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.commitPop3Drop(state.actor, state.dropId); })
+      .then(function (info) {
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.update_commit",
+          { connectionId: state.id, deleted: (info && info.deleted) || 0 });
+        _writeOk(socket, "Goodbye");
+        _close(socket);
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) {
+        _writeErr(socket, "Commit failed: " + ((err && err.message) || "backend error").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP));
+        _close(socket);
+      });
+  }
+
+  function _requireTrans(state, socket) {
+    if (state.stage !== "transaction") {
+      _writeErr(socket, "Not authorized; USER+PASS first");
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  function _handleStat(state, socket) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.listMessages(state.actor, state.dropId); })
+      .then(function (msgs) {
+        var ms = msgs || [];
+        var totalBytes = 0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < ms.length; i += 1) totalBytes += ms[i].size || 0;
+        _writeOk(socket, ms.length + " " + totalBytes);
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "stat failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _handleList(state, socket, args) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.listMessages(state.actor, state.dropId); })
+      .then(function (msgs) {
+        var ms = msgs || [];
+        if (args.length === 1) {
+          var n = parseInt(args[0], 10);
+          var found = null;
+          for (var i = 0; i < ms.length; i += 1) {
+            if (ms[i].msgNum === n) { found = ms[i]; break; }
+          }
+          if (!found) { _writeErr(socket, "no such message"); return; }
+          _writeOk(socket, n + " " + found.size);
+          return;
+        }
+        _writeOk(socket, ms.length + " messages");
+        for (var j = 0; j < ms.length; j += 1) {
+          socket.write(ms[j].msgNum + " " + ms[j].size + "\r\n");
+        }
+        socket.write(".\r\n");
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "list failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _handleRetr(state, socket, args) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    var msgNum = parseInt(args[0], 10);
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.getMessage(state.actor, state.dropId, msgNum, {}); })
+      .then(function (msg) {
+        if (!msg) { _writeErr(socket, "no such message"); return; }
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.retr",
+          { connectionId: state.id, msgNum: msgNum, size: msg.size });
+        _writeOk(socket, msg.size + " octets");
+        // RFC 1939 §3 dot-stuffing — lines starting with `.` get a
+        // doubled `.` so the receiver doesn't mistake them for the
+        // CRLF.CRLF terminator. The `/^\./gm` regex on a JS string
+        // treats bare LF as a line boundary (matches `\n.` and
+        // `\r\n.`), so a body containing a bare-LF line that starts
+        // with `.` gained spurious stuffing that didn't match the
+        // receiver's strict-CRLF parser. Route through safeSmtp.dotStuff
+        // which inspects the raw Buffer and only treats canonical
+        // \r\n as a line boundary (bare LF is left alone — the
+        // guardSmtpCommand.detectBodySmuggling layer catches bare-LF
+        // smuggling at the upstream parse).
+        var bodyBuf = msg.rawBytes
+          ? msg.rawBytes
+          : Buffer.from(msg.text || "", "utf8");
+        var stuffed = safeSmtp.dotStuff(bodyBuf);
+        socket.write(stuffed);
+        // RFC 1939 §3 requires a CRLF before the terminator. The body
+        // may already end with CRLF; write one only when it doesn't.
+        if (stuffed.length === 0 ||
+            stuffed[stuffed.length - 2] !== 0x0d /* CR */ ||
+            stuffed[stuffed.length - 1] !== 0x0a /* LF */) {
+          socket.write("\r\n");
+        }
+        socket.write(".\r\n");
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "retr failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _handleDele(state, socket, args) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    var msgNum = parseInt(args[0], 10);
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.markDelete(state.actor, state.dropId, msgNum); })
+      .then(function () {
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.dele",
+          { connectionId: state.id, msgNum: msgNum });
+        _writeOk(socket, "marked deleted");
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "dele failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _handleRset(state, socket) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () {
+        if (typeof mailStore.resetPop3Drop === "function") {
+          return mailStore.resetPop3Drop(state.actor, state.dropId);
+        }
+      })
+      .then(function () { _writeOk(socket, "delete marks cleared"); })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "rset failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _handleTop(state, socket, args) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    var msgNum = parseInt(args[0], 10);
+    var headerLines = parseInt(args[1], 10);
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () {
+        return mailStore.getMessage(state.actor, state.dropId, msgNum,
+          { headersOnly: true, headerLines: headerLines });
+      })
+      .then(function (msg) {
+        if (!msg) { _writeErr(socket, "no such message"); return; }
+        _writeOk(socket, "headers + " + headerLines + " body lines");
+        // MAIL-15 — see _handleRetr; same byte-level CRLF-aware
+        // dot-stuffing primitive for the TOP partial-body path.
+        var bodyBuf = msg.rawBytes
+          ? msg.rawBytes
+          : Buffer.from(msg.text || "", "utf8");
+        var stuffed = safeSmtp.dotStuff(bodyBuf);
+        socket.write(stuffed);
+        if (stuffed.length === 0 ||
+            stuffed[stuffed.length - 2] !== 0x0d /* CR */ ||
+            stuffed[stuffed.length - 1] !== 0x0a /* LF */) {
+          socket.write("\r\n");
+        }
+        socket.write(".\r\n");
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "top failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _handleUidl(state, socket, args) {
+    if (!_requireTrans(state, socket)) return;
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(function () { return mailStore.listMessages(state.actor, state.dropId); })
+      .then(function (msgs) {
+        var ms = msgs || [];
+        if (args.length === 1) {
+          var n = parseInt(args[0], 10);
+          var found = null;
+          for (var i = 0; i < ms.length; i += 1) {
+            if (ms[i].msgNum === n) { found = ms[i]; break; }
+          }
+          if (!found) { _writeErr(socket, "no such message"); return; }
+          _writeOk(socket, n + " " + (found.uid || found.uidl || ""));
+          return;
+        }
+        _writeOk(socket, "unique-id listing follows");
+        for (var j = 0; j < ms.length; j += 1) {
+          socket.write(ms[j].msgNum + " " + (ms[j].uid || ms[j].uidl || "") + "\r\n");
+        }
+        socket.write(".\r\n");
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) { _writeErr(socket, ((err && err.message) || "uidl failed").slice(0, ERR_CLAMP)); });
+  }
+
+  function _writeOk(socket, msg)  { try { socket.write("+OK "  + msg + "\r\n"); } catch (_e) { /* socket down */ } }
+  function _writeErr(socket, msg) { try { socket.write("-ERR " + msg + "\r\n"); } catch (_e) { /* socket down */ } }
+  function _close(socket) {
+    try { socket.end(); } catch (_e) { /* idempotent */ }
+    try { socket.destroy(); } catch (_e2) { /* idempotent */ }
+    connections.delete(socket);
+  }
+
+  // ---- Lifecycle ----------------------------------------------------------
+  async function listen(listenOpts) {
+    listenOpts = listenOpts || {};
+    if (listening) {
+      throw new MailServerPop3Error("mail-server-pop3/already-listening",
+        "listen: already listening");
+    }
+    var port    = listenOpts.port    === undefined ? 110 : listenOpts.port;                          // allow:raw-byte-literal — RFC 1939 POP3 port (IANA)
+    var address = listenOpts.address || "0.0.0.0";
+    tcpServer = net.createServer(function (socket) { _handleConnection(socket); });
+    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+      tcpServer.once("error", reject);
+      tcpServer.listen(port, address, function () {
+        listening = true;
+        tcpServer.removeListener("error", reject);
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.listening", { port: port, address: address });
+        resolve({ port: tcpServer.address().port, address: address });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  async function close() {
+    if (!listening) return;
+    listening = false;
+    for (var s of connections) { try { s.destroy(); } catch (_e) { /* idempotent */ } }
+    connections.clear();
+    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      tcpServer.close(function () {
+        _emit("mail.server.pop3.closed", {});
+        resolve();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    listen:               listen,
+    close:                close,
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  create:               create,
+  MailServerPop3Error:  MailServerPop3Error,
+};