[Evolution] Bug#638936: Bug fix for 3.0.3: Re: Bug#638936: Stability of evo?

[Milan Crha]

On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 09:01 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> This is what I have from you earlier as a response to the backtrace:
> (So it looks like the hang would still be there, even with the cancel
> patch (and in 3.2.x, master)! Should I reopen 660615?)
> 
> --- Comment #1 from Milan Crha 2011-10-03 07:43:36 UTC ---
> Thanks for a bug report. The backtrace shows the POP3 is waiting for a
> greeting reply of your server, which takes long for some reason. But
> looking into the backtrace more closely I see that the POP3 provider
> doesn't use the cancellable into subsequent calls, thus it cannot be
> cancelled on user's wish. I see it's still the same in 3.2.0 and git
> master, thus I'm confirming this.

OK, thanks for it. I silently transformed the bug report to "make me
cancellable", because I expect it being the server side issue, that it
doesn't respond on the greeting.

Thinking of it, one change in 3.0.3 is that the connection to the server
on POP3 is not kept forever, but each mail update is created new
connection, which is closed as soon as the update is over. It helped
with other issues on POP3. If your server doesn't like "too often"
reconnections (hard to tell what 'too often' is here), then I would try
to increase the update interval on your POP3 account. I'm not sure what
your current value is, but some servers has set a mandatory delays
between 15-30 minutes, then I would start somewhere between. It might
not be the issue, though.

The best if you could check why the server doesn't respond, then we can
have a look whether it's evolution's issue or of something else. Of
course, bugzilla is always better than a private emailing between bunch
or more-or-less interested people.
	Hope that helps,
	Milan