Re: imap.el in net??

[Reiner Steib]

On Thu, Dec 13 2007, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>     Could someone explain to me why we moved gnus/imap.el to net/imap.el
>>     rather than to the more obvious mail/imap.el?

Simon suggested "net" and nobody came up with other suggestions within
a week, see <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/82283/focus=83269>
(hidden in the thread "SASL related files in gnus/").

>> I chose `net' because it seemed more appropriate than `mail'
>> for a program to communicate directly thru the network.
>> However, I do not want to argue the issue.
>
> Its sole purpose is to access remote mailboxes, so it seems to count as
> "mail" to me.  What do others think?

I would have chosen "mail" as well, but I don't have a strong opinion.

Bye, Reiner.
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