Re: Proposed patch to add SSL support to net/pop.rb

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:24:17 +0900, Daniel Hobe wrote:
> I agree that there are a lot of arguments to #start, but I think it is
> the best way.  I looked at https.rb and imap.rb and I think the way that
> imap.rb implements this is the best way for pop.  I felt that adding SSL
> this way was the least invasive and kept the ability to do things like
> this:
>
> Net::POP3.start(args...,usessl=true) { |pop|
> do stuff
> }
>
>
> Since people can do this now (without SSL), I wanted to add the ability
> to have the same code but add SSL support.  I also don't think people
> should have to create ssl contexts to use ssl, that should all be hidden
> away.

What about:

Net::POP3.start(address, port, account, password, isapop = false) { |pop| 
... }
Net::POP3.start_with_ssl(address, port, account, password, certs, verify, 
isapop = false) { |pop| ... }

-austin
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austin ziegler    * [e-mail] * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.03.30
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