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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:10:42 +0200
From: Peter van Dijk <peter@...aloss.nl>
To: popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Maildir support
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 10:01:00AM -0400, Cory Visi wrote:
> I am willing to do a patch for now. Maybe something you can audit when you
> have time.
>
> Can anyone recommend a particularly clean/secure implementation
> of Maildir-style mbox access? I looked at the Pine maildir.c and it's
> pretty sloppy. I figure reusing the code is a better approach than
> starting from scratch.
The pine maildir-implementation is severely broken. So is procmail's
implementation (and combine they in fact cause problems). Also note
that maildir.c is an unsupported add-on to Pine - the Pine developers
refuse to include Maildir support.
I have audited some maildir-implementations (regarding delivery, that
is). You can find the results at
http://www.dataloss.nl/breakage/maildir/, which also explains some of
the details.
The qmail popper (qmail-pop3d, not qpopper) is a very good
implementation.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me (although I'm sure
you're welcome to do that on-list), and I'd be happy to audit your
implementation for compliance to the Maildir specification.
Greetz, Peter
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