Re: [Fetchmail-users] Generic note on configs 7.x [ex: not connecting]

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Am 29.09.19 um 22:17 schrieb grarpamp:
>> I added this: ssl sslproto auto
>> I then changed it to this: ssl sslproto tlsv1.2
> For clarity, discrete parsing and easier line oriented
> debug and error printing, try to recommend people not use
> such multiple things all mashed into one single line
> config syntax, and also avoid use of "noise", "english",
> and "punctuation".
>
> Single line is also very hard for external constructors
> and parsers to deal with. And seems more work to
> maintain all this internally.
>
> Have seen local users trying to concoct, share,
> teach, and cut / paste all sorts of random broken
> configs because of "noise", "english", "punctuation"
> and similar syntax and format "features", instead of
> using some standard technical config file like any other
> program on the net.
> And having more than one format for configs does not help.

Please file this as a Gitlab issue with a somewhat clearer wording (it
appears this is very compact), I'll mark it feature request/milestone
7.0. Thanks.