From 4ce9864ba963d4a5e1dae641a3f510908debac60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 03:30:59 +0000 Subject: Note a new bug. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3554 --- todo.html | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/todo.html b/todo.html index c5453a5d..6f3a0960 100644 --- a/todo.html +++ b/todo.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Fetchmail Bugs and To-Do Items

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ is now pretty mature and I have many other projects, so I don't personally chase obscure or marginal problems. Help with any of these will be cheerfully accepted. +

IDLE is not fully implemented. Fetchmail does not time out the idle connection +every 30 minutes or less as required by RFC2177. Some servers (including UW IMAPD +compiled without the MICROSOFT_BRAIN_DAMAGE option, as is the default) will drop +the connection after 30 minutes, resulting in a spurious socket error in your logs +and no mail being picked up until the next poll cycle. +

The UIDL code seems rather broken. It's a nasty swamp. Somebody who actually uses it should fix it -- every time I try I seem to make things worse.... @@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ bug-tracking page for fetchmail lists other bug reports.
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