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

[Chris Burdess]

Øyvind Harboe wrote:
> > You cannot assume that you can safely call any method on the 
> > transport,
> > including close(), after an I/O error.
>
> What should my code do then?
>
> Isn't the "physical" SMTP connection still open?
>
> Garbage collection doesn't close it.

You can specify a socket timeout in the session properties, which will 
take care of the socket.

> > 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.
>
> This API is defined by Sun AFAICT.
>
> However, the API doc is not terribly  helpful in specifying whether or
> not close() should be called in all cases.

I know. I'll look at trying to tidy this up in the provider.
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Chris Burdess