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bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server
From: |
Noam Postavsky |
Subject: |
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@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?
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Õžü·å, 2017/03/14
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- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Paul Eggert, 2017/03/15
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/03/15
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Paul Eggert, 2017/03/15
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/03/16
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Paul Eggert, 2017/03/17
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/03/17
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2017/03/17
- bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/03/17
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