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

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:27:31 +0900, Daniel Hobe wrote:
>> Net::POP3.start(address, port, account, password, isapop = false) {
>> |pop| ... }
>> Net::POP3.start_with_ssl(address, port, account, password, certs,
>> verify, isapop = false) { |pop| ... }
> That might work.
> What about the case where I want a client that can do either POP or POP
> over SSL depending on a users input?  In the first case I just set usessl
> = true and pass that to #start.  In this case I have to call a whole
> separate method.  This seems less elegant to me.

Perhaps a third method could be provided that could serve this dual-duty.

Alternatively:

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

I'm not sure how that would work in the implementation, but it would 
effectively replace/restart the connection if you call #use_ssl.

-austin
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