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Re: POP3 behavior on broken tcp connection

John Gardiner Myers <jgm+@cmu.edu> Thu, 02 June 1994 20:36 UTC

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From: John Gardiner Myers <jgm+@cmu.edu>
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Subject: Re: POP3 behavior on broken tcp connection
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Beak: is Not

John Gardiner Myers <jgm+@CMU.EDU> writes:
> Does any client depend on messages *not* going away until an explict
> QUIT?

Hearing no replies, I put forth the following strawman:

Upon encountering a broken connection, POP3 servers enter the UPDATE
state and remove deleted messages.

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_.John G. Myers		Internet: jgm+@CMU.EDU
			LoseNet:  ...!seismo!ihnp4!wiscvm.wisc.edu!give!up

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