[Dovecot] disconnecting (disconnected by server)

[Timo Sirainen]

On 3.12.2013, at 22.43, Patrick Westenberg <pw at wk-serv.de> wrote:

> Now I see more, but the logout seems quite normal:
> 
> Dec 03 21:39:07 imap-login: Info: proxy(mail at example.com): disconnecting 2.4.6.8 (Disconnected by server): user=<mail at example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=2.4.6.8, lip=2.3.4.5, TLS, session=<eaeiR6fs1gBUdqox>
> 
> Dec 03 21:39:07 eaeiR6fs1gBUdqox -- imap(mail at example.com): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=63 out=778

Right, I guess that’s then what it always does. Logout sequence goes:

C: a LOGOUT
S: * Bye
S: a OK
S: <disconnect>

The server doesn’t wait for client to disconnect. So proxy sees that server does the disconnection. The other possibility would have been that it saw client disconnecting.