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24.0.50; [nnimap/Gnus] Dovecot panics trying to close mailboxes

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From: Luca Capello <luca <at> pca.it>
To: 8959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8959: 24.0.50; [nnimap/Gnus] Dovecot panics trying to close mailboxes
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:42:00 +0200

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Hi there!

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:10:44 +0200, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> 2) When dovecot shut down the connection, nnimap seemed to open up a new
>> connection buffer, and starts waiting for the response to the previous
>> command there.  That's obviously an nnimap bug, and I'll see whether I
>> can chase that one down, but it's kinda difficult to reproduce...
>> hm...  perhaps if I use an external TLS connection, I can kill the
>> external program while it's working.  
>
> It was easy enough to reproduce artificially.
>
> I think I've now fixed this part in No Gnus.

Thank you!  Anyway I will switch soon to OfflineIMAP+Dovecot(local): the
nnmaildir support is sub-optimal (#8055) and I want my emails accessible
outside Gnus as well (thus using the Gnus agent is a no-op).

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

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