[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > As upstream already said, see README.ME+; I find it quite clear in > > PL99c. > > And like I said, it wasn't clear to me. Not in the version I was commenting > on.
Okay, I've read the PL95 version and it is clear to me. Please be more particular. > > I simply don't see any way to determine whether it supports IMAP. > > It's called "timeout". Elm could have timeout value that would move it onto > the next service. If I remember correctly, Elm tries IMAP, and if it gets > "Connection refused" (I don't know if it actually gets _that_, but it > receives at least something similar, I believe), _then_ tries POP3. Since it > doesn't from "firewalled" server, it doesn't try POP3. Oh, really? You're going to wait 15-30 seconds each time you connect? > > > Or the input could include (without supporting text files) information > > > that the server Elm is supposed to connect to is a POP3 server, that Elm > > > is not supposed to even try IMAP. This is the wishlist I had in mind (I > > > think :-) ). > > You've said so in your original report; upstream read it and obviously > > decided mail.services is enough. > > Since I didn't understand it (and, as I believe, I had also other problems, > like Yes/No, I don't remember now), I didn't try further. The version I > still use looked good enough. So you agree that it's upstream call? > I promise I will try this 2.4pl25ME+99c-2 before sending anything to > bugs.debian.org (regarding Elm, of course :-) ). Please do. Thanks, Matej