On Wednesday, 4 June 2014 23:58:25 CEST, Steve Dodd wrote:
Maybe the back off is the way to go then - unfortunately AIUI imap errors aren't nicely coded in the same way that SMTP errors are, so there's no chance to be smart and behave differently in response to different situations...
I would recommend to file a feature request in Bugzilla. Please add a note that when implementing this, we should check the response code if possible to prevent e.g. wasting time when the error is due to a failed password, etc -- the IMAP protocol actually contains an optional feature where the server can tell us stuff like "your account is already expired, please talk to a human operator at $address now".
With kind regards, Jan -- Trojitá, a fast Qt IMAP e-mail client -- http://trojita.flaska.net/
