Re: Problems with reading mail via imap

[Eythan Weg <weg@indiscrete.org>]

Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Eythan Weg <weg@indiscrete.org> writes:
>
>> I am unable to connect to an imap dovecot
>> server with a recent cvs, while I have no
>> problems with one a few months old.  I use
>> gnutls.  What changes could account for this
>> difference?
> ...
>> 1 -> imap-arrival-filter: proc=#<process imap>
>> string=" BYE Disconnected for inactivity.  ***
>> Fatal error: A TLS packet with unexpected
>> length was received.  *** Server has terminated
>> the connection abnormally.  "
>
> It seems gnutls-cli dies.  Do you have any
> firewall or anything that might modify packets?
> I think you should debug this as a gnutls
> problem.

How to reconcile that the same binary (gnutls-cli)
and the same firewall work together nicely with
the slightly older gnus, but not with a recent
one.

Eythan