lyndon wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Paul Fox <p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us> wrote: > > > right. reporting the error precisely is hard. but given that we're > > changing the default client behavior, adding a hint to the message > > might be appropriate: > > post: problem initializing server on port 587; [BHST] no servers available > > post: try -snoop, or check server and port configuration (see mh-tailor(1)) > > The diagnostics suck and need to be fixed. In their defence, the > ':587' on the end of the address is a hint.
that doesn't appear unless -snoop is used. and you know, i actually looked at the post man page for a -debug, or a -verbose. for some reason i never thought to look for -snoop, which of course is on the send manpage anyway. sigh. > > Meanwhile, I am hacking TLS support into inc's POP code, and it's > quickly becoming apparent the assorted bits of network-related code > need to be consolidated. This gives a good opportunity to clean up > the server-contact configs, auth/security info, etc. Given the > IETF's recent enlightenment over security, this is a great chance > to overhaul the code and actually leap *ahead* of the world on > something :-) whoa. i'll believe it when i see it. :-) =---------------------- paul fox, p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 25.0 degrees) _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers