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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1998-06-03 15:42:04 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1998-06-03 15:42:04 +0000 |
commit | 7b9ce4568724dd2cf96da19f04214021b32e54e0 (patch) | |
tree | 8c86394c244a2958cfacad97633ac43fb56079b2 /pop3.c | |
parent | 628d8c1e54833d0dddde62bb01185a828891fb9a (diff) | |
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POP3 should work on CompuServe now.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1882
Diffstat (limited to 'pop3.c')
-rw-r--r-- | pop3.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -534,16 +534,19 @@ static int pop3_fetch(int sock, struct query *ctl, int number, int *lenp) * In that case, marking the seen flag is the only way to prevent the * message from being re-fetched on subsequent runs. * - * The line count passed is the maximum value of a twos-complement - * signed integer minus 1 (we take advantage of the fact that, according - * to all the POP RFCs, "if the number of lines requested by the - * POP3 client is greater than than the number of lines in the - * body, then the POP3 server sends the entire message."). + * We take advantage here of the fact that, according to all the + * POP RFCs, "if the number of lines requested by the POP3 client + * is greater than than the number of lines in the body, then the + * POP3 server sends the entire message."). + * + * The line count passed (99999999) is the maximum value CompuServe will + * accept; it's much lower than the natural value 2147483646 (the maximum + * twos-complement signed 32-bit integer minus 1) */ if (ctl->keep) gen_send(sock, "RETR %d", number); else - gen_send(sock, "TOP %d 2147483646", number); + gen_send(sock, "TOP %d 99999999", number); if ((ok = pop3_ok(sock, buf)) != 0) return(ok); |