thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Don't retry failing uploads indefinitely
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Description
Every 3 months or so I have a problem accessing my web.de account: When I activate the directory list (in German 'Ordnerliste'), I see that ever folder has an error message (the beginning is 'SSLException: Write error:'; how can I see the rest?). From now on, fetching the mails is approximately 10x slower, and storing changed mails (e.g. with a changed read status) is not working at all. The only solution that I know of is a fresh install, what of course repeats every 3 months.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the web.de directory-list failure and tracing the reported “SSLException: Write error” through mail fetching and storing changed messages. Inspect the retry behavior around failed uploads; done means failures stop retrying indefinitely and the error remains visible without requiring a fresh install.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100