Re: can't fetch mail

Jack Ostroff via balsa-list <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jun 2022 17:54:10 -0400
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Sorry for the previous top-post.  New info below.

On 6/2/22 11:19, Jack via balsa-list wrote:
> Thanks Albrecht, but that produces no output.  Including mbox-mbox in 
> the debug list does provide appropriate output, so I at least know 
> G_MESSAGES_DEBUG is working.  It also does show appropriate output 
> when I send a message.  What would cause balsa to not even try to do a 
> pop3 fetch?  I've confirmed that my configured  POP3 servers are set 
> to check for mail on startup.
>
> Jack
>
> On 6/2/22 11:00, Albrecht Dreß via balsa-list wrote:
>
>> Hi Jack:
>>
>> Am 01.06.22 00:24 schrieb(en) Jack via balsa-list:
>>> A new problem just cropped up for me this morning.  It used to be 
>>> when I "Get new mail" I'd get a popup showing each of the servers 
>>> from which I POP3 fetch mail, showing the status and progrss of 
>>> each.  Now, I just get a popup "Checking mail" but it doesn't show 
>>> any of the servers, and only stays up for less than a second.  I can 
>>> use my IMAP connection to see that I do have new mail.  Using 
>>> $G_MESSAGES_DEBUG="mbox-pop3" produces no output.  It seems like 
>>> it's just silently failing to even try to do a pop3 fetch.
>>
>> You might try with “G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=libnetclient” which dumps all 
>> low-level network traffic and see if the remote POP3 server reports 
>> any new messages for you: after logging in successfully, Balsa should 
>> send a line reading (time stamp etc. omitted)
>>
>> DEBUG[libnetclient]: W 'LIST'
>>
>> and the remote server should send a list of new messages (one line 
>> for each message), terminated by a line only containing a single dot:
>>
>> DEBUG[libnetclient]: R '+OK scan listing follows'
>> [the list of new message uid's, may be completely empty]
>> DEBUG[libnetclient]: R '.'
>>
>> Please DO NOT post the contents of the debug dump to the list, as is 
>> contains your password!
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Albrecht.
Running with "G_MESSAGES_DEBUG-all" I see in the output

** (balsa:8879): DEBUG: 17:43:34.702: Networkis unavailable (Sun 05 Jun 
2022 05:43:34 PM EDT)

but I have no idea if this really indicates some network problem or is 
just a red herring (false lead) as balsa is able to send messages by 
smtp.  Next step will be to debug and look for a backtrace from the 
place that message is printed.

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    <p>Sorry for the previous top-post.  New info below.<br>
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    On 6/2/22 11:19, Jack via balsa-list wrote:<br>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:[email protected]">Thanks
      Albrecht, but that produces no output.  Including mbox-mbox in the
      debug list does provide appropriate output, so I at least know
      G_MESSAGES_DEBUG is working.  It also does show appropriate output
      when I send a message.  What would cause balsa to not even try to
      do a pop3 fetch?  I've confirmed that my configured  POP3 servers
      are set to check for mail on startup.
      <br>
      <br>
      Jack
      <br>
      <br>
      On 6/2/22 11:00, Albrecht Dreß via balsa-list wrote:
      <br>
      <br>
      <blockquote type="cite">Hi Jack:
        <br>
        <br>
        Am 01.06.22 00:24 schrieb(en) Jack via balsa-list:
        <br>
        <blockquote type="cite">A new problem just cropped up for me
          this morning.  It used to be when I "Get new mail" I'd get a
          popup showing each of the servers from which I POP3 fetch
          mail, showing the status and progrss of each.  Now, I just get
          a popup "Checking mail" but it doesn't show any of the
          servers, and only stays up for less than a second.  I can use
          my IMAP connection to see that I do have new mail.  Using
          $G_MESSAGES_DEBUG="mbox-pop3" produces no output.  It seems
          like it's just silently failing to even try to do a pop3
          fetch.
          <br>
        </blockquote>
        <br>
        You might try with “G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=libnetclient” which dumps
        all low-level network traffic and see if the remote POP3 server
        reports any new messages for you: after logging in successfully,
        Balsa should send a line reading (time stamp etc. omitted)
        <br>
        <br>
        DEBUG[libnetclient]: W 'LIST'
        <br>
        <br>
        and the remote server should send a list of new messages (one
        line for each message), terminated by a line only containing a
        single dot:
        <br>
        <br>
        DEBUG[libnetclient]: R '+OK scan listing follows'
        <br>
        [the list of new message uid's, may be completely empty]
        <br>
        DEBUG[libnetclient]: R '.'
        <br>
        <br>
        Please DO NOT post the contents of the debug dump to the list,
        as is contains your password!
        <br>
        <br>
        Hope this helps,
        <br>
        Albrecht.
        <br>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
    Running with "G_MESSAGES_DEBUG-all" I see in the output<br>
    <p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
          style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">**
          (balsa:8879): DEBUG: 17:43:34.702: </span><span
          style="font-weight:bold;color:#ff5454;background-color:#ffffff;">Network</span><span
          style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> is
          unavailable (Sun 05 Jun 2022 05:43:34 PM EDT)</span><br>
      </span></p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">but I have no idea if this really
      indicates some network problem or is just a red herring (false
      lead) as balsa is able to send messages by smtp.  Next step will
      be to debug and look for a backtrace from the place that message
      is printed.<br>
    </div>
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