From: Stuart Stegall <stuart@...>
Date: 2006-04-29T06:58:33+09:00
Subject: Re: IMAP disconnect broken?

Eric Hodel wrote:
>
> On Apr 25, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Bealach Na Bo wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> New Ruby convert here :)
>>
>> I'm using the standard Net::IMAP and OpenSSL libraries to connect to
>> an IMAP server.
>> I can connect, examine and manipulate my INBOX, but when call the
>> disconnect method of the imap instance it just hangs. The minimal
>> version is almost identical to
>> the example on page 701 of "Programming Ruby". Should I be calling
>> some other method?
>
> I don't know, the disconnect method is suspect:
>
>     # Disconnects from the server.
>     def disconnect
>       @sock.shutdown unless @usessl
>       @receiver_thread.join
>       @sock.close
>     end
>
I cannot replicate the problem with my imap4 server.