Re: [bug-mailutils] Re: movemail on Debian

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> "Alain Magloire" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > I would say, at this point in time, that both should have a version,
> 
> Right.
> 
> > (on the mailutils side, we will work in provide a version of movemail,
> > probably the same code).
> 
> The current version has a number of deficiencies which I expect code
> based on mailutils wouldn't have:
> 
> It has hardwired handling of spool locking, i.e. you can't reliably
> use the same binary with spools that get deliveries from other
> systems.  (I read an Irix spool from a Debian system.  It isn't clear
> to me from the manual whether mailutils can handle that either yet,
> but the Emacs movemail wasn't getting it right -- using liblockfile --
> on Debian anyhow.)
> 
> I doesn't handle APOP and IMAP, at least.  (IMAP handling has been an
> Emacs todo item for years.)
> 

Ok, I see.  Yes, the movemail part of mailutils will/should handle
different protocol(if the mailutils distribution was compile with
support for it).

> Many thanks if mailutils can provide a properly-maintained movemail.
> I can explain further what issues I know about with the current
> version if necessary.
> 

Although, I can not guaranty, we will start to work on it right away(you know
summer .. good weather and all 8).  Sure would like to here the nay's and what
is needed to address a new rewrite of movemail not to repeat the errors of the
past.  At least, the mailing list archive will serve as a repository to go back
for relevant information and design tips.