[tpop3d-discuss]QUIT after deleting emails

Jarek Woloszyn yossa at akra.net
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 16:16:08 +0200


On pon, 04 pa=BC 2004, Mohamed Badri wrote:

> after deleting 700 emails in a box, and send a QUIT=20
> the pop3 client closes the connection without waiting for the qui reply=
.
> The server didn't delete mails from the box ( /var/spool/mail/$user )
> because it exist directly when the socket connection is closed.
>=20
> Is it a bug or Where can i modify the server to delete mails after the =
quit
> command despite of connection close.

This bug is known as ,,Microsoft Outlook bug''.

The workaround can be found here:
http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/SOURCES/tpop3d-netloop.patch?rev=3D=
1.1

--=20
Jarek Woloszyn