In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Olivier Poitrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> _brian_d_foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > do you need to rewrite Net::SMTP::Server or can you work with the > > existing ones? > > > Net::Server::Mail::* are already written, and as I said in my first > post, the current Net::SMTP::Server wasn't designed to be > extendable. Actually - in my module distribution - the SMTP class is > the base class for all others, so I can't request only ESMTP and LMTP > ones. sure you can. i suggest registering those names while we figure out how to name the base class. Net::SMTP::Server looks like it hasn't been updated since 1999. you might be able to take over the development of that module (essentially making the next version your version). > Net::Server::Mail is the base class, it implements all common methods > that are not part of the protocol. [snip] > Now you should understand why I need a separated namespace. i don't think you need a separate namespace, although you think you do because part of the namespace you should have is already taken. i'd rather work that out then register a kludgey name. :) -- brian d foy (one of many PAUSE admins), http://pause.perl.org please send all messages back to [EMAIL PROTECTED]