#2056: Attempt re-connect when idle mailbox connection closes
Old description:
> {{{
> As requested by Brendan Cully in PR#2049:
> In some environments - possibly dependent on particular IMAP
> server software, firewalls, routers, etc. - the connection
> to an IMAP mailbox can close when it remains idle for more
> than a few minutes. That can happen when the user returns
> to the mailbox after viewing a message for a long time.
>
> Currently, mutt automatically closes the mailbox when
> this happens. This makes mutt nearly unusable in this
> type of IMAP/network environment.
>
> The correct behavior is for mutt to attempt to
> reconnect to the mailbox. Mutt should only close
> the mailbox if the reconnect attempt - or several
> attempts - fails.
>
> This seems to be standard behavior for most IMAP email
> clients.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> >Fix:
> Unknown
> }}}
New description:
As requested by Brendan Cully in PR#2049:
In some environments - possibly dependent on particular IMAP
server software, firewalls, routers, etc. - the connection
to an IMAP mailbox can close when it remains idle for more
than a few minutes. That can happen when the user returns
to the mailbox after viewing a message for a long time.
Currently, mutt automatically closes the mailbox when
this happens. This makes mutt nearly unusable in this
type of IMAP/network environment.
The correct behavior is for mutt to attempt to
reconnect to the mailbox. Mutt should only close
the mailbox if the reconnect attempt - or several
attempts - fails.
This seems to be standard behavior for most IMAP email
clients.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2056#comment:1>
