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movemail can't connect mail server

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Message #47 received at 26102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, hengaini2055 <at> qq.com, 26102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:23:47 -0700

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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Both patches, as proposed, are too drastic.  I could agree to the
> second one, provided that the default is changed to build and install
> our movemail -- this will let distributors decide whether to install
> it or not, while keeping backward compatibility.  (The NEWS part of
> your patch should then be changed accordingly.)

OK, I installed the second patch with modifications along the lines that you 
suggested, updated the documentation accordingly, and am closing this bug 
report. The patch that I installed is attached.

As the default Emacs configuration still has a significant security hole, this 
patch changes 'configure' to warn about the problem if present. Although many 
distributors and/or installers will no doubt ignore the warning, at least we can 
later say in our defense that 'configure' warned them.

[0001-Emacs-movemail-is-now-a-configure-time-option.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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