From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:56:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83efxwyxwm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <76a96737-f780-00a2-9fd4-70c0e95f0101@cs.ucla.edu> <8360ja1ldi.fsf@gnu.org> <834lyu1jws.fsf@gnu.org> <83wpbpz19x.fsf@gnu.org> <20325304-0669-cc90-1bf4-d063ac69fb1c@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1489748305 9741 195.159.176.226 (17 Mar 2017 10:58:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:58:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 26102@debbugs.gnu.org, hengaini2055@qq.com To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 17 11:58:20 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1copaE-00019U-FQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:58:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48206 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1copaJ-0007eL-FV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40128) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1copa9-0007bz-E2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:58:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1copa5-000431-UV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33276) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1copa5-00042w-RF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1copa5-0001DC-LG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:58:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:58:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26102 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 26102-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26102.14897482414604 (code B ref 26102); Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:58:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26102) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Mar 2017 10:57:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59708 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1copZO-0001C7-1m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:57:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48857) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1copZJ-0001Br-4C for 26102@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:57:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1copZA-0003ra-Ga for 26102@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:57:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36779) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1copYw-0003pK-D2; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:56:50 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3560 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1copYv-000505-H7; Fri, 17 Mar 2017 06:56:49 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:49:13 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:130671 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:49:13 +0100 > Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, hengaini2055@qq.com > > Paul Eggert writes: > > > As the default Emacs configuration still has a significant security > > hole, this patch changes 'configure' to warn about the problem if > > present. > > Is there any reason rmail doesn't just use pop3.el instead of the > movemail binary when speaking to pop3 servers? I guess because no one wrote the code to support that. movemail supports many different protocols, including /var/mail files etc., so Rmail needs just rudimentary understanding of the inbox syntax spec to invoke movemail correctly. To single out POP3 would need a bit more code, but nothing too complicated, of course. Patches welcome. (For backward compatibility, the old code that uses movemail for POP3 should still be kept, I think, subject to some user option.)