Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Igor S. Livshits
At 3:51 AM -0500 on 6/10/98, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >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

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: : On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:15:42 -0500 (CDT), Nathan E Norman wrote: : : >: None at all. It is a general Linux question which really isn't : >: specific to Debian at all. : : >Not to hack on you for "not reading the thread", but had you done so you : >m

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:15:42 -0500 (CDT), Nathan E Norman wrote: >: None at all. It is a general Linux question which really isn't >: specific to Debian at all. >Not to hack on you for "not reading the thread", but had you done so you >might have noticed that Miquel van Smoorenburg not only

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: : On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:50:21 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : : >So your advice to avoid qpopper is not necessarily relevant to Debian? : : It is as relevant to Debian as a message containing advice to avoid : cucipop is. Or advice to use qpopper is.

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:50:21 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >So your advice to avoid qpopper is not necessarily relevant to Debian? It is as relevant to Debian as a message containing advice to avoid cucipop is. Or advice to use qpopper is. Or advice to use cucipop is. Or even a message aski

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 04:25:30AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > >It is probably a simple oversight. > So simple it should not have been there in the first place. That's exactly what an oversight is. > >Had you reported it, it could no doubt be fixed easily (Miquel has > >>indicated that he has

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Steve Lamb
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 prefer

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Steve Lamb
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 pre

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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 sen

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Steve Lamb
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* m

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 09:43:07AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 09 Jun 1998 09:36:04 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > >Well, that depends. I'm not sure if cucipop impliments the nonstandard > >POP send protocol. I do believe that is proprietary to qpopper and not part > >of the formal RFC.

Re: Re[4]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On 9 Jun 1998 20:38:11 +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >Have you bothered to file a bug report into the Debian Bug System >about this? Then it can be fixed you know .. No. This was before I used Debian that I noticed it and also does not relate to my Debian system as it is on my ISP's s

Re: Re[4]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:38:04 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: >It is just personal bias on my part against qpopper because of one >glaring oversight they made. In the non-standard (IIRC) pop send feature, >which I do use fr

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 09 Jun 1998 09:36:04 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >Well, that depends. I'm not sure if cucipop impliments the nonstandard >POP send protocol. I do believe that is proprietary to qpopper and not part >of the formal RFC. Of course, I don't have them handy to confirm, so take >that all wit

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:02:50 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: >collect: premature EOM: connection reset by dial31.planters.net >collect: I/O error on connection from dial31.planters.net >One follows the other without fail. Should I try cucipop instead? Well, that depends. I'm not sure if c

Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
Thus spake "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:38:04 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: > > >I saw another list member post that we should stay away from qpopper. > I > >haven't heard anything - either good or bad. Do you know what the > >problem is with that daemon. My Debia

Re: Re[4]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:38:04 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: >I saw another list member post that we should stay away from qpopper. I >haven't heard anything - either good or bad. Do you know what the >problem is with that daemon. My Debian machine is serving 600 or so >dial-up connections for ma

Re[4]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
I saw another list member post that we should stay away from qpopper. I haven't heard anything - either good or bad. Do you know what the problem is with that daemon. My Debian machine is serving 600 or so dial-up connections for mail (coming and going) and authentication. If I need to switch for

Re: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
Thus spake Brian Freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > I just upgraded my system with the latest pop3 server qpopper from the > debian site. I am now getting errors when ever anyone tries to log on > and > get there mail. > > Mail client returns this: > > ERR maillock: '/var/spool/pop/username.pop' >

pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Brian Freeze
I just upgraded my system with the latest pop3 server qpopper from the debian site. I am now getting errors when ever anyone tries to log on and get there mail. Mail client returns this: ERR maillock: '/var/spool/pop/username.pop' /var/log/messages returns this error: Jun 9 12:53:25 www in.qp