Re: Mail bug..
| From: | Markus Fischer | Date: | Tue, 04 Jun 2002 18:13:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Mail bug.. | ||
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On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 08:07:27PM +0200, Sascha Schumann wrote :
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Markus Fischer wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > again, I do not plan to revert he behaviour because all in
> > all it was severly broken.
>
> The aim of mail() is to provide an abstract
> system-independent interface for sending mail. If it would
> not be portable, we should not hide the two distinct
> functionalities (talking to sendmail vs. SMTP) and make these
> directly accessible to users.
>
> If the current release branch introduces a requirement which
> renders mail() unportable, I would consider it to be a
> showstopper, because it puts the burden of code audits onto
> users without any clear benefit.
Feel welcome to fix it.
- Markus
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