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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-02-10 21:19:46 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-02-10 21:19:46 +0000
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Warn about pop3ad server.
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@@ -1214,8 +1214,8 @@ SunOS and Solaris machines run cucipop OK.
"""
if string.find(greetline, "David POP3 Server") > 0:
warnings = warnings + """
-This POP3 serrver is badly broken. You should get rid of it -- and the
-brain-dead NT operating system it rode in on.
+This POP3 server is badly broken. You should get rid of it -- and the
+brain-dead Microsoft operating system it rode in on.
"""
# The greeting line on the server known to be buggy is:
@@ -1236,6 +1236,14 @@ around this bug, turn on `fetchall' on all user entries associated with
this server.
"""
+ if string.find(greetline, "Escape character is") > 0:
+ warnings = warnings + """
+Your greeting line looks like it was written by a fetid pile of
+camel dung identified to me as `popa3d written by Solar Designer'.
+Beware! The UIDL support in this thing is known to be completely broken,
+and other things probably are too.
+
+"""
if string.find(greetline, "POP-Max") > 0:
warnings = warnings + """
The Mail Max POP3 server screws up on mail with attachments. It