[DRE-maint] Bug#1124613: feed2imap: imap/maildir connection issues

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

Package: feed2imap
Version: 1.3.5-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: rrs at debian.org

Hello,

With the new upload of feed2imap, I've started facing issues with IMAP
upload.


```
❯ feed2imap -v
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:06.261308 #192053]  INFO -- : Feed2Imap V.1.3.5 started
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:06.261378 #192053]  INFO -- : Reading configuration file ...
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:06.264790 #192053]  INFO -- : Initializing cache ...
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:06.325683 #192053]  INFO -- : Connecting to IMAP accounts ...
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:06.325745 #192053]  INFO -- : Fetching and filtering feeds ...
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:48.101630 #192053]  INFO -- : Fetching feed Lennart Poitering took 41s
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:48.101882 #192053]  INFO -- : Parsing and uploading ...
I, [2026-01-04T10:59:51.646258 #192053]  INFO -- : k8s Kubernetes Blog: 2 new items, 0 updated items.
F, [2026-01-04T10:59:52.544793 #192053] FATAL -- : Exception caught while uploading mail to /home/rrs/Maildir/.RSSS: File exists @ syserr_fail2_in - /home/rrs/Maildir/.RSSS/new/1767205800.0.priyasi
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/maildir.rb:122:in `link'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/maildir.rb:122:in `block in store_message'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/maildir.rb:98:in `chdir'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/maildir.rb:98:in `store_message'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/maildir.rb:33:in `putmail'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/feed2imap.rb:269:in `block (2 levels) in initialize'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/feed2imap.rb:266:in `each'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/feed2imap.rb:266:in `block in initialize'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/feed2imap.rb:231:in `each'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/lib/feed2imap/feed2imap.rb:231:in `initialize'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/bin/feed2imap:48:in `new'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/feed2imap-1.3.5/bin/feed2imap:48:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/feed2imap:25:in `load'
/usr/bin/feed2imap:25:in `<main>'
F, [2026-01-04T10:59:52.544975 #192053] FATAL -- : We can't recover from IMAP errors, so we are exiting.
```


-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers testing-security
  APT policy: (991, 'testing-security'), (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_IN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages feed2imap depends on:
ii  ruby             1:3.3+b1
ii  ruby-feedparser  0.11.4-2
ii  ruby-rubymail    1.1.4-1

feed2imap recommends no packages.

Versions of packages feed2imap suggests:
ii  dovecot-imapd [imap-server]  1:2.4.2+dfsg1-2
ii  evolution [imap-client]      3.56.2-8

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