[tpop3d-discuss] Webmail error

[Chris Lightfoot]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 11:32:06AM -0800, Matthew Trent wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 November 2003 10:28 am, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> > > I still noticed, after downgrading to 1.5.2 the same error in the tpop3d
> > > logs: Nov 26 10:11:21 mail2 tpop3d[1133]: net_loop: timed out client
> > > [6]test@xxxxxx.net(216.6.xx.xx)
> > >
> > > Yet the webmail pops up fine.
> >
> > -- and it didn't under 1.5.3?
> 
> Correct.

bizarre. the code handling UIDL hasn't changed between
those two.

> Right. I thought perhaps the reason the client does nothing is because it's 
> been confused by something it received.

sounds plausible.

> > What does the log look like from 1.5.2 opening an empty
> > mailbox? What error does the web mail program log?
> 
> I didn't run 1.5.2 with -v, but minus the extra verbosity, it looked the same 
> as with 1.5.3. The webmail reports a meaningless hex code.

ok.

> > I suspect that the vopmail people are misinterpreting
> > something, but since I can't get the code there's no way
> > to tell. It could be another packet fragmentation thing,
> > but that hasn't changed between 1.5.2 and 1.5.3 for UIDL
> > responses.
> 
> I have no doubt the error is with Vopmail (the same goes for the Opera 
> problem). However, as sometimes it is desirable to work around those types of 
> (corner-case) things, I thought I'd throw it out here...

yeah.

> BTW, it appears the change to the message date-checking code in CVS causes no 
> messages to show up at all.

d'oh again. I'd reversed the sense of a check.

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