On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:43:54PM -0400, Andrew D Arenson wrote: > Today, after working for years, my IMAP connection to Dreamhost has started > hanging when I attempt to send an email, showing a message like: "Sending > message... 0K/0.4K (0%)". > > This is mutt version 1.13.2. I have asked Dreamhost support, today, if they > will update the version of mutt, but I'm not holding my breath. I suppose I > could try to compile it myself in my non-root user account. I don't know how > feasible that would be.
I doubt they'll update it past the underlying Debian version. Should work fine (building and compiling your own) -- I've done it before, and I would bet the dependencies you need should be available, though you may need to build newer versions of some other programs locally as well. Just set the prefix to your home directory; Let me know if you don't get it sorted out. Just keep in mind that, since sending mail doesn't use IMAP, I would guess this is more likely s an SMTP issue vs. an IMAP issue. You could try using port 587 vs 465 and see if that helps. Also, you should be able to just use `sendmail` to send mail on one of the hosting machines, at least assuming it's still using an outgoing relayhost, though it may be a little more likely to get spam filtered. I would try running mutt with a higher debug level and see if the debug files that creates give you any additional information about what's going on / why it's hanging. You can also use tools like nc or openssl to check, for example: $ openssl s_client -starttls smtp -crlf -connect smtp.dreamhost.com:587 $ openssl s_client -connect smtp.dreamhost.com:465 (these work from me, even locally, so I don't think there's a connection issue, but it may let you test out some stuff). w
