From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66662 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: the Exchange 2007 fix Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:50:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87prt8b9an.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> References: <86wsnmvrmx.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zlsdurjm.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> <86zlsc5oud.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207147910 28028 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2008 14:51:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:51:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nathanw@MIT.EDU (Nathan J. Williams), "Michael Harnois" , ding@gnus.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: ding-owner+M15146@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Apr 02 16:52:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jh4J9-0003yD-Sd for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:51:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Jh4IV-0004Yp-Ei; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:50:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Jh4IU-0004YY-5x for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:50:42 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jh4IN-0006gi-1R for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:50:42 -0500 Original-Received: from yxa.extundo.com ([83.241.177.38]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Jh4IV-0000cj-00 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:50:44 +0200 Original-Received: from mocca.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [83.241.177.38]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id m32EoOXp018809 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:50:26 +0200 OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Hashcash: 1:22:080402:mdharnois@gmail.com::lP7Ve3Xs4AZOF2yw:1N5S X-Hashcash: 1:22:080402:tzz@lifelogs.com::rCINJuqGUpHeAxja:2TUS X-Hashcash: 1:22:080402:nathanw@mit.edu::ZJiVAtkyv5KZ5HKn:2S1w X-Hashcash: 1:22:080402:ding@gnus.org::5udSRZxrC7WvGrDp:PsWU In-Reply-To: <86zlsc5oud.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:11:06 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=4.0 tests=SPF_PASS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on yxa-iv X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.2, clamav-milter version 0.88.2 on yxa.extundo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:66662 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:41:17 +0200 Simon Josefsson 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. Maybe you could implement some logic that would set the newly introduced imap-enable-exchange-bug-workaround based on the server greeting? /Simon