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Re: POP3 behavior on broken tcp connection

John Gardiner Myers <jgm+@cmu.edu> Mon, 06 June 1994 17:06 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

OK, I now put forth the following strawman:

POP3 servers do not enter UPDATE state unless there is an explicit
client-issued QUIT command.

Consensus on this issue is contingent on UIDL being added to the spec
as an optional command.

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_.John G. Myers		Internet: jgm+@CMU.EDU
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