POP3 compliance; was Re(3): POP3 in Debian
* From: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
* Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:10:35 +0900
> The real question is who's bug is this.
Oberon Mail (ejz) on PC Native 05.01.2003. Fixed and
documented here. "http://carnot.yi.org/OberonPage.html#Mail";
> If this is bug on Debian ...
Definitely not. Debian was only a possibility as a means
of investigating the problem.
> If this is non-RFC complient bug, maybe complain to ISP
> or Zimbra POP3 server developer.
Until last weekend the ISP POP3 server accepted "LIST 1",
which doesn't comply to RFC 1939. I hadn't noticed which server
was used but infer that last weekend they installed a new
server or changed a flag in their Zimbra to strictly enforce
the RFC. So without warning "LIST 1" was no longer accepted.
In any case, I can't complain about enforcement of syntax.
The MUAs in MS and *nix systems must have had the
strict syntax all along; almost nobody noticed the change.
> I think your usage of MUA is not a typical one.
MUA is the acronym for Mail User Agent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_user_agent
> MUA is mutt, thunderbird, ...
In my case "Oberon Mail (ejz) on PC Native 05.01.2003".
> ... not POP3 server.
Correct. The POP3 server is a Zimbra operated by my ISP,
Shaw Cable.
Regards, ... Peter E.
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