[Dovecot] pop3_lock_session question

[Alan Ferrency]

> >>> Hello, I'm preparing to convert from qpopper + UW-IMAP to dovecot.
> >>> So far testing has gone very well.  One problem we haven't figured
> >>> out is that long-running POP sessions keep the mailbox locked, so that
> >>> the MDA times out while trying to deliver.
> >
> > We see this as well with mbox and pop3 accesses where some pop3 clients do
> > not logout (iphone's are the worst offenders) for 30-90 minutes it seems.

I wrote:

> We are having the same problem. It's not a problem with imap, only
> with pop3.

Timo,

Do you think the "idle process holds a lock open forever" problem that
you recently patched for pop3 could also affect imap?

I've started to get some reports of customers' local mail delivery
being hung up by imap processes now, and not just pop processes as we
saw previously.

Thanks,
Alan Ferrency
pair Networks, Inc.
alan at pair.com