Here's the quick & dirty patch. Of course, the delay should be a run-time
config setting, possibly dependent on the client address, etc.
--- popper.c 2003/03/13 17:05:02 1.1
+++ popper.c 2003/03/13 17:08:47
@@ -311,6 +311,21 @@
}
}
else { /* start new command */
+ /*
+ * If M$ Outlook XP receives a response "faster than it expects",
+ * it ignores the data, and hangs. Work around it.
+ */
+ int command_delay = 50; /* should be in config; too lazy */
+ if (command_delay) {
+#ifdef HAVE_USLEEP
+ usleep(command_delay*1000); /* ms -> usec */
+#else
+ struct timeval tv;
+ tv.tv_sec = 0;
+ tv.tv_usec = command_delay*1000;
+ select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+#endif
+ }
s = pop_get_command ( &p, message );
if ( s != NULL ) {
if ( s->function != NULL ) {
