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movemail can't connect mail server

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Message #50 received at 26102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
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 10:58:27 +0200

> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, hengaini2055 <at> qq.com, 26102-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:23:47 -0700
> 
> 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.

Thanks.

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