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.  :)

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