LAST not used

William Allen Simpson <bill.simpson@um.cc.umich.edu> Thu, 16 June 1994 23:57 UTC

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From: William Allen Simpson <bill.simpson@um.cc.umich.edu>
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Subject: LAST not used

> I am waiting for a response (or lack thereof) as to whether any
> existing clients use the LAST command.  That will determine whether or
> not the draft includes the command.
>
To give you a response, in the POP3 code I have installed/re-written,
the client never issues the LAST or RSET commands, and the server sets
the LAST to zero at the beginning of a session and on the RSET command.

Bill.Simpson@um.cc.umich.edu