Re: Mail bug..

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Markus Fischer wrote: > 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. Could you point me to a explanation which describes why the old behaviour was "severely broken"? - Sascha