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Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 1997 17:26:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org>
To:        Travis Mikalson <bofh@TerraNova.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ERR POP EOF console errors
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970418171633.23746A-100000@ns2.harborcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <3357E2E7.42F2@TerraNova.net>

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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Travis Mikalson wrote:

> Ok, then why does qpopper 2.2 not like it?
> MS Internet Mail used to do _something_ wrong with the auth command
> according to that particular error message qpopper generates..

Because if you would read the RFC you would see that it is an optional
command. The authors of qpopper chose not to implement it.

> Is one of the most popular POP3 servers in use today not RFC1734
> compliant or was MS Internet Mail wocked?

One of the most popular POP3 servers in use today is not RFC1734
compliant (nor is it required to be).

pbd




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