[Dovecot] [POP3] RFC2449 conformance?

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Mon Nov 3 17:26:33 EET 2003


On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:56:29 +0200, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 11:38:07PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
>> RFC2449 Section 5 ("Capabilities available in the AUTHORIZATION state MUST
>> be announced in both states.") requires that POP3 extensions offered in
>> Authentication state MUST be offered in Transaction state as well, this
>> affects the "SASL" extension.
>
> Hmm.. So it seems. Available auth capabilities would have to be saved and
> sent to pop3 process since they're generated by asking from login processes
> what they support. Added in TODO.

While we're at it, does Dovecot support PIPELINING? If so, advertising it in Transaction state might improve performance of some clients.

-- 
Matthias Andree


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