IMAP: mutt does not save to $record if IMAPconnection timed out during compose

[lukas@…]

Package: mutt
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IMAP: mutt does not save to $record if IMAPconnection timed out during 
compose


I am using IMAP. $record is set to {HOST}inbox.sent-mail
Sometimes, if it takes quite long to compose a message, mutt complains 
upon sending: "Connection to IMAP server lost".
and optionally: "Want to create inbox.sent-mail [no]/yes"

The message will not be stored in $record in these cases...

I have not found out how long "quite long" really is...


regards,
  -lukas

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>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

[Brendan Cully <brendan@…>]

This should be fixed in CVS.

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@…>]

----- Forwarded message from Peter Surda <shurdeek@panorama.sth.ac.at> -----

From: Peter Surda <shurdeek@panorama.sth.ac.at>
To: mutt-dev@mutt.org
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:14:12 +0200
Subject: Bugs #890 & #900
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Hello,

If by "fixed in CVS" you mean the patch Brendan posted some time ago, I am
afraid that these 2 particular bugs aren't fixed: 
- in certain cases mutt still hangs as described in #900
- and if by some chance the IMAP connection dies, mail still isn't saved
into record if it dies while editing as described in #890

OTOH, the connection only seems to die if there is an external problem
(lost net connectivity, imap server killed, ...). Since I tested the patch I
was unable to get mutt to accidentaly close the connection by itself. The
other IMAP-related bugs seems indeed to be fixed.

Bye,

Peter Surda (Shurdeek) <shurdeek@panorama.sth.ac.at>, ICQ 10236103, +436505122023

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[rado]

Move to IMAP category

[brendan]

This should be fixed in [bf208df92829]