Re: [VM] imap protocol error after upgrading from 8.1.93 to 8.2.0a (stunnel issue?)

[Kyle Farrell]

Thanks Uday.  Again, this turns out not to be vm: cygwin seems to be
spitting out warnings about DOS-style paths on shell startup.  Setting
the env var CYGWIN to "nodosfilewarning" appears to resolve the
stunnel issue.



Uday Reddy wrote:
> Kyle Farrell writes:
> 
> > I've decided to take the plunge and stop using vm-spool-files and read
> > imap mail from the server.  This is working somewhat ok in 8.1.93, and
> > I know some imap updates have made it to the more recent releases, so
> > I wanted to try it in 8.2.0a.
> > 
> > However, with 8.2.0a I'm getting an imap protocol error ("missing CR
> > before LF - possible connection problem") from vm-imap-read-object.
> 
> That sounds like an stunnel problem, but it could be something else,
> especially if it worked under VM 8.1.93a.
> 
> The thing to do would be set the variable vm-imap-keep-trace-buffer to t,
> and, once the connection fails, look for a buffer with a name "trace of
> IMAP...".  That shows the dialogue that was carried out with the IMAP server.
> 
> If you have changed stunnel recently, then it would be worth going back to
> the old version.  You would need to change one parameter at a time to track
> down the problem.
> 
> Cheers,
> Uday
>