Re: POP3 highest number accessed

Steve Dorner <sdorner@uiuc.edu> Thu, 26 May 1994 05:05 UTC

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From: Steve Dorner <sdorner@uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: POP3 highest number accessed

>a) Make LAST optional.  This may cause problems with existing clients.
>b) Add a warning that some servers are non-conforming in this respect.
>c) Create a new command that is a synonym for LAST and say we really,
>really mean it this time.

I vote b).

For what it's worth, popper isn't the only server with this
problem/feature/interpretation, but I still vote b).

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