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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2017-10-03 15:42:10 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2017-10-03 15:46:15 -0700 |
| commit | af2a40fbd37a663a8ee5a722f9fecb80c425c128 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f331e74730a2a41ac62658e99be418efa62c2e4 /configure.ac | |
| parent | 4ac5ac50c94b20acdad3746ee168a72d8dd18b4f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-af2a40fbd37a663a8ee5a722f9fecb80c425c128.tar.gz | |
--with-pop is now the default only on MS-Windows
Problem reported by N. Jackson (Bug#28597).
This improves an earlier suggestion by Robert Pluim (Bug#28597#47).
* INSTALL, configure.ac, etc/NEWS:
Make --with-pop the default only on native MS-Windows.
Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index eb2c6840402..3feac73bed3 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPTION_DEFAULT_ON], [dnl m4_bpatsubst([with_$1], [[^0-9a-z]], [_])=$with_features])dnl ])dnl -# FIXME: The default options '--without-mailutils --with-pop' result -# in a movemail implementation that supports only unencrypted POP3 -# connections. Encrypted connections should be the default. +# For retrieving mail, unencrypted network connections are the default +# only on native MS-Windows platforms. (FIXME: These platforms should +# also be secure by default.) AC_ARG_WITH([mailutils], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-mailutils], @@ -251,9 +251,16 @@ if test "$with_mailutils" = no; then fi AC_SUBST([with_mailutils]) -OPTION_DEFAULT_ON([pop], - [don't support POP mail retrieval with movemail (--without-pop or - --with-mailutils is recommended, as movemail POP is insecure)]) +AC_ARG_WITH([pop], + [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-pop], + [Support POP mail retrieval if Emacs movemail is used (not recommended, + as Emacs movemail POP is insecure). This is the default only on + native MS-Windows.])], + [], + [case $host in + *-mingw*) with_pop=yes;; + *) with_pop=no;; + esac]) if test "$with_pop" = yes; then AC_DEFINE(MAIL_USE_POP) fi |