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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2017-03-21 21:04:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2017-03-21 21:04:56 +0200 |
| commit | 650defd4e74ad00dd16e61c1fc5b4f497821c3d2 (patch) | |
| tree | f6cad7a389c4fc69b0ce35c780b533e873eff12c /INSTALL | |
| parent | 8a58133ee63c630f5095429065fc3d8446592e4e (diff) | |
| download | emacs-650defd4e74ad00dd16e61c1fc5b4f497821c3d2.tar.gz | |
Revert "Make --without-pop the default."
This reverts commit 9319de675e395517f9a7b50cae1a3aad9cd0abc2.
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -265,14 +265,17 @@ uses the GNU Mailutils 'movemail' program to retrieve mail. Otherwise the Emacs build procedure builds and installs an auxiliary 'movemail' program, a limited and insecure substitute that Emacs can use when Mailutils is not installed; when this happens, there are several -configure options such as --with-mail-unlink that provide fine-grained +configure options such as --without-pop that provide fine-grained control over Emacs 'movemail' construction. The Emacs mail reader RMAIL is configured to be able to read mail from a POP3 server by default. Versions of the POP protocol older than POP3 are not supported. While POP3 support is typically enabled, whether Emacs actually uses POP3 is controlled by individual users; -see the Rmail chapter of the Emacs manual. +see the Rmail chapter of the Emacs manual. Unless you configure +--with-mailutils, it is a good idea to configure --without-pop so that +users are less likely to inadvertently read email via insecure +channels. For image support you may have to download, build, and install the appropriate image support libraries for image types other than XBM and |