https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814511 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814511#c0 Summary: Courier IMAP not responding due to known gam_server hanging bug Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: geoff@cs.hmc.edu QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 Under some circumstances, Courier IMAP will stop responding to an individual account ("A LOGIN user password" just closes the connection) even though other accounts continue to work fine. This turns out to be caused by the following known gamin bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667230 which causes gam_server to hang. Once detected, the problem can be cured with pkill gam_server. But it's hard to detect: the symptom is that the affected user no longer sees incoming mail. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use Courier-IMAP regularly 2. 3. Actual Results: Eventually, A LOGIN fails Expected Results: A LOGIN should produce LOGIN OK -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.