[Dovecot] Outlook "IMAP server closed connection"

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Sun Oct 8 20:32:58 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 10:57 +0100, Mark Adams wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Dovecot 1.0rc2.
> 
> Currently having a problem with Outlook clients popping up with the
> error; 
> 
> "Your IMAP server has closed the connection. This may occur if you have
> left the connection idle for to long"
> 
> I initially though this would be the imap_client_workarounds =
> outlook-idle option, but this is currently set and always has been.
> 
> I dont think this is a known issue that has been fixed with newer
> releases, as we have rc2 on another server that does not have this
> problem.

If you're using SSL, there were problems with SSL connections hanging
sometimes. Fixed properly in rc6.

I can't really think of any other reasons for it from Dovecot side.
Other reasons could be eg. firewalls in the middle closing the
connection.

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