thank you for all replies. On Thu, October 13, 2022 9:22 am, Joseph Tam wrote:
> to obtain session transcripts of what server/client are doing. > > I don't see any obvious errors from the logs that indicate any failure. > I do see the INBOX is rather large so maybe a timeout is involved. Joseph, yes, it has around 114437 emails # ls |wc 114437 114437 6800828 I've enabled logging as per your suggestion: -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 127 Oct 16 21:38 20221016-213738.25640.1.in -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 8546603 Oct 16 21:38 20221016-213738.25640.1.out -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 96 Oct 16 21:58 20221016-215757.26075.1.in -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 8343463 Oct 16 21:58 20221016-215757.26075.1.out # cat 20221016-213738.25640.1.in 1665916659.491025 STAT 1665916659.550829 LIST 1665916676.430794 UIDL 1665916693.761281 RETR 114437 1665916694.440965 QUIT # cat 20221016-215757.26075.1.in 1665917878.786953 STAT 1665917878.863136 LIST 1665917905.610805 UIDL 1665917924.491198 QUIT # what should I look in the .out file ? some of the file is like: .... 1665916661.234807 114436 70097 1665916661.234814 114437 154498 1665916661.234821 . 1665916676.430870 +OK 1665916676.981415 1 000024b95283283a 1665916676.981459 2 000024ba5283283a .... 1665916679.434297 114436 00033fcf5283283a 1665916679.434327 114437 00033fd05283283a 1665916679.434349 . 1665916694.048139 +OK 154498 octets 1665916694.048199 Return-Path: <buyer-notice1...@mail.aliexpress.com> .... on an uneducated guess, the mailbox is just 'too large' ? POP has difficulty handling so many files ? On Thu, October 13, 2022 5:44 am, Brendan Braybrook wrote: > maybe send the protocol debug out of thunderbird to the list too? (that'd > show exactly what pop3 command thunderbird was hanging on). Brendan, thanks, I'll try the server logging first, as I can do it myself On Thu, October 13, 2022 10:23 am, Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Fri, 1665532449-12-31 at 00:00 +0000, Voytek Eymont wrote: >> Date: 1665532450 > Why is your "Date:" header set to 1665532450? Jim, I think it's an issue with SquirrelMail, I think I've seen it before, sometimes...? Voytek