Use "pop3" as the POP service name on all platforms,

instead of using "pop" on Unix and "pop3" on Windows NT.  "pop3"
has been the standard service name since RFC 1340 was published in
July 1992, so I think it's safe to start using it by default.

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index f036480..51a5c30 100644 (file)
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1999-10-11  Jonathan I. Kamens  <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us>
+
+       * pop.c: Use "pop3" as the POP service name on all platforms,
+       instead of using "pop" on Unix and "pop3" on Windows NT.  "pop3"
+       has been the standard service name since RFC 1340 was published in
+       July 1992, so I think it's safe to start using it by default.
+
 1999-09-27  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
 
        * make-docfile.c (scan_lisp_file): Fix typo causing infloop.

diff --git a/lib-src/pop.c b/lib-src/pop.c
index 69e6e46..57a5b19 100644 (file)
--- a/lib-src/pop.c
+++ b/lib-src/pop.c
@@ -152,11 +152,7 @@ static char *find_crlf _P((char *, int));
 #define ERROR_MAX 80           /* a pretty arbitrary size */
 #define POP_PORT 110
 #define KPOP_PORT 1109
-#ifdef WINDOWSNT
 #define POP_SERVICE "pop3"     /* we don't want the POP2 port! */
-#else
-#define POP_SERVICE "pop"
-#endif
 #ifdef KERBEROS
 #define KPOP_SERVICE "kpop"
 #endif