Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:51:41 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 01:41:59AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:29:10 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>>
>> >A few messages back you said that you found qpopper unacceptable because
>> >the POP send is buggy, so you preferred cucipop. Now you say cucipop
>> >doesn't even have POP send. Am I missing something here?
>>
>> Yes. You must read the *WHOLE* message and try to comprehend it.
>
>You're not here to make friends, are you, Steve?
>
>> " To me that is unforgivable and calls into question what other glaring
>> errors are lurking just below the surface."
>>
>> IE, it isn't the fact that it is buggy, it is the nature of the bug which
>> calls into question the quality of the rest of the code. On one had they
>> adhere to RFC822 by using the escaped dor sequence. Then they turn around
>> and *FAIL* to escape the same sequence they accepted when they pass it on.
>
>It is probably a simple oversight. Had you reported it, it could no doubt
>be fixed easily (Miquel has indicated that he has already fixed some things
>as necessary). I don't think a simple bug such as this is sufficient
>to comment on the quality of the entire program.
>
>Miquel and others have indicated similarly user base sizes to you without
>problems, which is strange.
>
>
>Hamish
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