Re: 8bit mails via POP mail-source

[ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> Okay, the copy sent to emacs-pretesters-bug bounced :P.
> Someone want to forward this to them?  Thanks.

It is emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org.  I CC'd this message.

> 
> * Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net>  on Fri, 15 Dec 2000
> | * vvv@vsu.ru  on Fri, 15 Dec 2000
> | | is this real 1.3s available somewhere? could you send it to me?
> 
> | I don't have it readilly available.  As I said, it is in the Gnus tarball
> | ca 1999-06-18, which is on Lars's server, so if you grab that tarball you
> | can get the hopefully working version.
> 
> | | i've reported the bug to emacs-pretesters-bug@gnu.org mailing list,
> | | and got a reply that they agree to fix the problem with incorrect
> | | pop3-movemail-file-coding-system setting. [they said that either the
> | | default for that variable should be changed to 'binary or it should be
> | | removed]
> 
> | It *must* be removed.  pop3-open-server sets the coding system to 'binary,
> | which is the only coding system that works correctly.  Anything else *will*
> | corrupt the mailbox.  Not may, will.

I've removed pop3-movemail-file-coding-system in both Gnus CVS and
Emacs 21 CVS.

ShengHuo