* on Friday, 2018-04-06 12:34 -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy <ke...@8t8.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 08:23:59PM +0200, Daan van Rossum wrote: > > I occasionally experience a perpetual hang in mutt when sending email > > using SMTP over an unstable connection (4G). > > > > How can I best debug and isolate the cause of the issue? Or would you > > recommend avoiding mutt's built-in SMTP functionality? > > Mutt's implementation is pretty basic. I personally would recommend > using a more robust tool if the connection is unstable (e.g. msmtp, or > even a built-in MTA). A timeout to the SMTP call would solve the hang issue. The user can then chose to postpone or resend after the timeout returns a send error.
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