Re: [Classpath-inetlib] Sending SMTP message gets stuck upon exception

[Chris Burdess]

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Øyvind Harboe wrote:
> If an exception is thrown while an SMTP message body is being written,
> the subsequent "QUIT" command is ignored because it is considered part 
> of the
> message body by the SMTP server. This eventually causes the app to wait
> indefinitely for the QUIT command to complete.
>
> The patch attached is incomplete and is only intended for illustrative 
> purposes.
>
> // application level code
> try
> {
>         transport.sendMessage(message, message.getAllRecipients());
> }
> finally
> {
>         // executes QUIT command , but will hang indefinitely if
>         // SMPTTransport.java mimeMessage.writeTo() throws e.g. a
>         // runtime exception.
>         transport.close();
> }

You cannot assume that you can safely call any method on the transport, 
including close(), after an I/O error. If you can provide a good reason 
why you think we /should/ be able to recover from such errors, let me 
know and I'll look into it.
- -- 
Chris Burdess
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