Re: pop server access?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Norbert Koch <n.koch@delta-ii.de> writes:

> have you made any changes regarding the pop server access? I can't get
> onto the server after the installation of 0.35.

This patch was applied to make things work under Emacs 20.3:

Index: pop3.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /local/lib/CVSROOT/gnus/lisp/pop3.el,v
retrieving revision 5.1
retrieving revision 5.2
diff -c -r5.1 -r5.2
*** pop3.el	1998/08/29 17:43:28	5.1
--- pop3.el	1998/10/19 22:25:09	5.2
***************
*** 111,124 ****
  Returns the process associated with the connection."
    (let ((process-buffer
  	 (get-buffer-create (format "trace of POP session to %s" mailhost)))
! 	(process))
      (save-excursion
        (set-buffer process-buffer)
!       (erase-buffer)
!       (setq pop3-read-point (point-min))
!       )
      (setq process
  	  (open-network-stream "POP" process-buffer mailhost port))
      (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t)))
        (setq pop3-timestamp
  	    (substring response (or (string-match "<" response) 0)
--- 111,126 ----
  Returns the process associated with the connection."
    (let ((process-buffer
  	 (get-buffer-create (format "trace of POP session to %s" mailhost)))
! 	(process)
!         (coding-system-for-read 'no-conversion)
!         (coding-system-for-write 'no-conversion)
!         )
      (save-excursion
        (set-buffer process-buffer)
!       (erase-buffer))
      (setq process
  	  (open-network-stream "POP" process-buffer mailhost port))
+     (setq pop3-read-point (point-min))
      (let ((response (pop3-read-response process t)))
        (setq pop3-timestamp
  	    (substring response (or (string-match "<" response) 0)

It looks a bit weird to me, now that I think about it.  Why has the
`pop3-read-point' setting moved downwards?  I'll move it back up.

Ratinox, I know you don't like Muletilations of pop3, but it is
necessary it it's going to work in that release.

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