From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>,
26102@debbugs.gnu.org, hengaini2055@qq.com
Subject: bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:03:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-9BCCqD8zo3X4axf7mM5O-ZbEDiHEW6=wSY8Qzm9zrzVQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <834lyu1jws.fsf@gnu.org>
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-15 20:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-15 1:14 bug#26102: movemail can't connect mail server �ž��
2017-03-15 15:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-15 17:30 ` Paul Eggert
2017-03-15 17:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-15 18:15 ` Glenn Morris
2017-03-15 18:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-15 20:03 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2017-03-16 3:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-15 22:48 ` Paul Eggert
2017-03-16 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-17 7:23 ` Paul Eggert
2017-03-17 8:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-17 10:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-03-17 10:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-03-16 0:15 ` Glenn Morris
2017-03-16 15:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
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