Re: [Off Topic] Need review for POP3 extension mechanism

At 11:35 AM +0200 7/12/98, Jacob Palme wrote:
>
>The way I understand the specification, two new
>interactions between clients and server are needed, started
>with the CAPA command, one before authorization and one
>afterwards. Interactions usually incur delays. Is this
>really necessary? One might compare with the EHLO command
>in SMTP, which does not incur any additional interactions,
>since it replaces the HELO interaction.
>
In addition to Chris's comment, two CAPA commands are not always needed.
You only need two if the extension you're interested in is documented to
possibly occur after authorization.

LL