The issue has resolved itself without me taking any action!
Thanks to those who offered advice.
Particular thanks to those who pointed out that I had made the
boneheaded move to post my password base-64 encoded on this list. The password
has been changed.
Andy
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 have also asked Dreamhost support if they can let me know what, if any,
> configuration changes they have made either on their IMAP server or on the
> login host I'm using to run mutt.
>
> Eventually the imap connection times out. It seems that the email is
> actually sent! Even if I kill the mutt process soon after it hangs.
>
> Any suggestions for configuration changes I could try in my .muttrc to
> resolve this issue?
>
> Here's what I'm using:
>
> set spoolfile="{arenson\@spatzel....@imap.dreamhost.com/ssl}INBOX"
> set smtp_url=smtps://aren...@spatzel.net:$imap_p...@smtp.dreamhost.com:465
> set ssl_force_tls = yes
> set tmpdir=mutttmp
> set certificate_file=~/.mutt/certificates
> set imap_keepalive = 10
>
>
> Andy
>
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> Andrew D. Arenson (he/him) H 317.964.0493
> arenson (at) spatzel.net C 317.679.4669
>
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Andrew D. Arenson (he/him) H 317.964.0493
arenson (at) spatzel.net C 317.679.4669
