From b28a3be8aee6bdf1a1cd167f3966bad9b2bb4481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:08:25 +0000
Subject: Add comment.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=2572
---
 driver.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'driver.c')

diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 4c8e7bea..41071c3f 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,16 @@ static int readbody(int sock, struct query *ctl, flag forward, int len)
     unsigned char *inbufp = buf;
     flag issoftline = FALSE;
 
-    /* pass through the text lines */
+    /*
+     * Pass through the text lines in the body.
+     *
+     * Yes, this wants to be ||, not &&.  The problem is that in the most
+     * important delimited protocol, POP3, the length is not reliable.
+     * As usual, the problem is Microsoft brain damage; see FAQ item S2.
+     * So, for delimited protocols we need to ignore the length here and
+     * instead drop out of the loop with a break statement when we see
+     * the message delimiter.
+     */
     while (protocol->delimited || len > 0)
     {
 	set_timeout(mytimeout);
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