[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#659489: [gnumail.app] Can't neither read nor send messages and crashes when setup SMTP

[Csányi Pál]

2014-06-02 17:37 GMT+02:00 Yavor Doganov <yavor at gnu.org>:
> tags 659489 + patch
> clone 659489 -1
> reassign -1 libpantomime1.2
> retitle -1 CWConnection instance may get deallocated while CWService handles the runloop event
> severity -1 serious
> affects -1 gnumail.app
> tags -1 + patch
> block 659489 with -1
> thanks
>
> Sorry for not being able to reply earlier.
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 03:29:43PM +0100, Csányi Pál wrote:
>> when I edit my account and want to setup smtp server on the Send tab I
>> have the followings settings:
>> Transport: SMTP
>> Server name: smtp.gmail.com
>> Server port: 587
>> Use secure: TLS
>> yes, Use SMTP authentication
>> Mechanism: None   Check supported
>>
>>  Note 1: when I clicked on this button to check supported mechanism,
>>  nothing happen.
>
> That's because TLS is not implemented.  In the attached patch I
> disabled it in the UI to avoid confusion.  Only SSL is available.
>
>> Now when I hit on the OK button, GNUMail crashes.
>
> Yes, that's fairly easy to reproduce.  It looks like a CWSMTP object
> gets allocated, but it's never released.  Worse, GNUMail doesn't keep
> track of the SMTP connection and doesn't close it properly so when the
> account window is closed (no matter how), you get a crash.
>
> Fixing this exposes another bug in the Pantomime library -- the object
> may get deallocated during -updateRead/-updateWrite in which case
> _delegate is invalid and you get a crash as well.
>
> Could you (or someone else) please try the attached patches?  I am
> able to add/delete/edit accounts, check supported authentication
> mechanisms and actually send mail.  Reading messages with IMAP and
> replying also works for me.

Sorry, I don't have anymore Debian GNU/Linux system as a Desktop
operating system. I'm using Parabola GNU Linux instead.

-- 
Regards from Pal