From: Stuart Stegall <stuart@...>
Date: 2006-05-02T10:03:19+09:00
Subject: Re: IMAP disconnect broken?

Bealach Na Bo wrote:
> On 5/1/06, Stuart Stegall <stuart@footworkmedia.com> wrote:
>> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> > On Apr 28, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Stuart Stegall wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > Did you use SSL?
>> >
>> > I have Dovecot.
>> >
>> I used SSL and I tried it on Gentoo Linux and Windows.  The Windows is
>> all my own compiling as I am using the Intel C++ compiler to compile
>> everything (which of course causes me problems with some
>> gems/addons/libraries as they are precompiled for Windows and do not
>> include nmake makefile or VS project files and then I have to TRY to
>> manually make a makefile for them)
>>
>> But I digress, on both platforms, I got the exact same lack of a 
>> problem.
>>
>>
> Is your code anything like what I posted (quoting from "Programming
> Ruby")? I've tried that code in Debian, WinXP pro (SP2) and Win2003
> all with ruby 1.8.4 and all of them hang at exactly the same place.
> Can you post some example code if it's different to what I posted.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bealach
>
>
>
I used the same code, but did you use the same IMAP server for all of 
your tests?  (I did for mine, but of course it worked for me.)