2 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7df03925..e70b32c8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ fetchmail-1.6 ():
 * Makefile fixes for correct linking on Sparcs and avoiding duplication of
   the md5 files (leading to harmless instsll-time error messages).
 
+* Fix a bonehead coding error in pop3_delete() that was masked by the
+  Intel register architecture.  *blush*  Thanks to Jay Anderson.
+
 fetchmail-1.5 (Thu Oct  3 04:35:15 EDT 1996):
 
 * Naturally, my decision to announce 1.4 on comp.os.linux.announce 
diff --git a/pop3.c b/pop3.c
index 3956c842..c2ce2d22 100644
--- a/pop3.c
+++ b/pop3.c
@@ -198,11 +198,7 @@ int socket;
 struct hostrec *queryctl;
 int number;
 {
-    int	ok;
-
-    /* send the deletion request */
-    if ((ok = gen_transact(socket, "DELE %d", number)) != 0)
-	return(ok);
+    return(gen_transact(socket, "DELE %d", number);
 }
 
 const static struct method pop3 =