Re: the Exchange 2007 fix

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:50:24 +0200 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> wrote: 

SJ> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:41:17 +0200 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> wrote: 
>> 
SJ> So maybe this patch would work better?  However, it doesn't take care of
SJ> the imap.el problems you mentioned in that thread.  Perhaps the
SJ> bug-workaround variable should be a imap.el variable rather than a
SJ> nnimap.el variable?  Hm.
>> 
>> FWIW, Exchange announces itself:
>> 
>> * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready."
>> 
>> so we could have specific fixes for it predicated on that, rather than
>> user-controlled variables (and the user could override the
>> auto-detection, naturally).  I don't relish the idea, but it's certainly
>> better than leaving a large percentage of Gnus users out in the cold.

SJ> Maybe you could implement some logic that would set the newly introduced
SJ> imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround based on the server greeting?

I am not sure if Exchange-specific handling should be on or off by
default.  The user will be able to override it the other way, but the
base default is a bit of a philosophical question and therefore must
take up more discussion time than a technical issue :)

Ted