Re: nnimap versus tls

[kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)]

Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@cam.ac.uk> writes:

> Having thought about this for a bit, I suspect that this is some sort
> of timing problem.  I think that when gnus sends the LOGOUT command it
> does not hang around and wait for the server to say goodbye, but
> closes the connection of its own accord.  If gnus kills the connection
> by first killing (process-buffer proc) and _then_ removes the process
> proper (and the filter, imap-arrival-filter) then the possibility
> exists that the final bit of chit-chat from the imap server ends up
> being processed after the buffer has been killed, but before the
> filter has been removed.  This would cause the filter to throw an
> error, like we see.  The timing dependence would also account for the
> intermittent nature of this bug.

Very good analysis, IMHO.  There are two instances of
(imap-send-command "LOGOUT") in imap.el -- should they be
(imap-send-command-wait "LOGOUT") instead?

Do you want to try to see if that helps?
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