From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: movemail Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:46:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87o9rrusf2.fsf@esperi.org.uk> References: <83a83k0yu5.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1502131666 6526 195.159.176.226 (7 Aug 2017 18:47:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 18:47:46 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 07 20:47:31 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1den3p-0000mM-5T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:47:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38916 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1den3t-0003UK-FG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:47:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53286) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1den3h-0003Tu-Fg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:47:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1den3c-0003bB-Qp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:57578 helo=mail.esperi.org.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1den3R-0003SN-JN; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from loom (nix@sidle.srvr.nix [192.168.14.8]) by mail.esperi.org.uk (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v77IkvpY001304; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 19:46:57 +0100 Emacs: ballast for RAM. In-Reply-To: <83a83k0yu5.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 01 Aug 2017 06:08:18 +0300") X-DCC--Metrics: loom 1480; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 81.187.191.129 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:217364 Archived-At: On 1 Aug 2017, Eli Zaretskii told this: >> From: Richard Stallman >> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:19:52 -0400 >> >> Should we delete the movemail program, given these problems with it? > > No, because non-Posix systems have no choice but use it. Gnu > Mailutils are blatantly Posix-centric and don't build on anything > else. Also, if you disable POP, movemail is still used to shuffle mail from one place to another on the local filesystem. (It just doesn't do any network access any more.) -- NULL && (void)