[Bug 304213] Re: thunderbird: problem with "leave the message in the server"

[guillermo]

David A. Harding escribió:
> Hi Guilermo,
>
> There are two steps to resolve this problem.  First we need to make sure
> this isn't a misconfiguration, then we need to generate a log of your
> POP session with GMail.
>
> Please check your settings in thunderbird; in particular, make sure none
> of the settings beneath "Leave the message in the server" are turned on.
>
> If everything looks right to you, then I need you to install to generate
> a log.  To do this, you need to install the netcat package.  Then open a
> terminal and type the following command:
>
> mknod mypipe p
>
> The command above creates a special file type called a FIFO or named
> pipe.  Now you need to run the following command:
>
> nc -l -p 9999 < mypipe | tee -a log.txt | nc gmail 110 | tee -a log.txt
> 1> mypipe
>
> Replace "gmail" with the name of the gmail server you have configured in
> Thunderbird.  Next to that server name in Thunderbird is a port number;
> it should be 110, but if it's different, replace "110" with that server
> number.  Press return to run the command.  Now, in Thunderbird, change
> your gmail server name to "localhost" and change the port number to
> "9999". Save your settings and click get mail; wait for it to get your
> mail (and presumably delete it from the server), go back to the
> configuration screen, and restore your original server name and port
> number.
>
> In the terminal, press Control-C.
>
> Open the file named "log.txt" in a text editor.  This contains a log of
> all the communication between thunderbird and Gmail -- including your
> username, password, and emails.  Make a copy of this file and then
> delete everything after the first hundred lines.  For the first hundred
> lines, delete any confidential information and then attach the result to
> this bug report.
>
> I know that's a lot of work for you to do, but a log will help us
> confirm and fix the bug.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Dave
>
> -----------------------------------------------
Seems to need a certificate file since it use SSL and I can't make it work
I have tried:

netacat -l -p 9999 < mypipe | tee -a log.txt | nc pop.gmail.com 995 | tee -a log.txt
1> mypipe

and changing thunderbird server to localhost in port 9999, but refuse
the connection

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thunderbird: problem with "leave the message in the server" 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304213
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