Re: Changes to POP3

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From: Terrance Richard Boyes
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:00

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Claire <URL:mailto:cl$9804$v@siberia.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> yup, the difft software they are running appears to be EXIM:
> these are the machines known as pepper.mail.demon.net
> 
> when pepper was purely a test system, it worked fine.
> Now that it's been rolled out, it had developed an unpleasant
> habit of responding to an RSET with 503, which AFAICS is
> in breach of RFC 821.

Oh good it wasn't just me. I've had a couple of occasions when
my posting software reported "Unexpected Error" (unfortunately
it hasn't happened when I've had logging on).

And during a telnet session I got a Command Out of Sequence.
Nothing (except QUIT) worked. As you mentioned RSET wasn't
even accepted.

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From: tez@pierrot.co.uk (Terrance Richard Boyes)
Subject: Re: Changes to POP3
Date: 1998/04/13
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