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Date:      Tue, 27 May 1997 20:38:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        cmsedore@mailbox.syr.edu, rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: async socket stuff
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.91.970527203636.1463P-100000@zen.cypher.net>
In-Reply-To: <199705280034.RAA00781@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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> 
> It's not generally useful, either.  For instance, for POP3 and SMTP
> mail processing, "." quoting must take place.  You have to adulterate
> the RFC's and *store* the data quoted (assuming that it will be going
> out on the same type of, or similar, transport it came in on) if you
> wish to use this facility for, for instance, POP3 lookup or SMTP
> forwarding.
> 

i guess i wasn't forceful enough in my belief that it was a far too 
specialized thing to put in the kernel.  i think i handled it in later 
posts, but thanks for the excellent example.


b3n




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