From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/81781 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Hangs when sending mail via SMTP Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:45:42 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87k41cfcbx.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334821593 27099 80.91.229.3 (19 Apr 2012 07:46:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:46:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Tassilo Horn Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30054@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Apr 19 09:46:31 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SKm4U-0003iW-8Z for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:46:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SKm4C-0000U1-66; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:46:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SKm47-0000Th-7c for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:46:07 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SKm41-0004PP-IK for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:46:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SKm3l-00081B-OL for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:45:45 +0200 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3VYC131LMsz3hhT3; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:45:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-102-63.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.102.63]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3VYC131QSWz4KK59; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:45:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id C37EACA2A9; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:45:42 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: PUNK ROCK!! DISCO DUCK!! BIRTH CONTROL!! In-Reply-To: <87k41cfcbx.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:46:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:81781 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: > Hi all, > > since 2 or three days (always using the current git master), I have > frequent hangs when sending mail via SMTP. In *Messages* I get the > usual output: > > 235 2.7.0 Authentication successful > 250 2.1.0 Ok > 250 2.1.5 Ok [4 times] > 354 End data with . > Sending email > Sending email done > 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 28C71D244A > 221 2.0.0 Bye > Mark set > Sending...done > > The hang occurs while "Mark set" is shown in the echo area. It usually > takes about 20-30 seconds before "Sending...done" appears and the mail > buffer is closed. > > What's a bit strange: when I hit C-g during the hang (possibly > repeatedly), I'll get the "Sending...done" immediately without noticing > any bad effect. The sent mail is also copied to the group I wrote from > as specified by gcc-self setting. Probably the SMTP server sometimes refuses to acknowledge the QUIT command for some time (smtpmail waits for an answer here). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."