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movemail can't connect mail server

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Message #27 received at 26102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 26102 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, hengaini2055 <at> qq.com
Subject: Re: bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:03:18 -0400

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> I assume it means stop distributing our own partial movemail, and
>> require people who want to use Emacs for mail in this way to install the
>> superior version from GNU Mailutils. I support this proposal. I think it
>> is good general practice to reduce the number of things that need to be
>> maintained in Emacs.
>
> We already find movemail from Mailutils, if installed, before we find
> our own.  And our movemail requires zero maintenance.  In this
> situation, removing our version means just removing features, no more,
> no less.  I'm against removing features for no good reason.

Currently we release Emacs with a movemail implementation lacking the
usual features. This may confuse users, like the OP.
Is avoiding this confusion a good enough reason?

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