[Tickets #11297] Re: Fatal authentication error not catched

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11297
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  Ticket             | 11297
  Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
  Summary            | Fatal authentication error not catched
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git develop
  Type               | Bug
-State              | Feedback
+State              | Resolved
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          | 6
  Patch              |
-Owners             |
+Owners             | Michael Slusarz, Jan Schneider
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Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2012-10-16 12:45) wrote:

>> Regular pages continue to work fine now even if IMAP authentication
>> in IMP fails. But inside IMP, this is still not correctly handled.
>> AJAX requests get an empty response, i.e. the user is not logged out
>> of IMP.
>
> Is authentication actually failing on the IMAP server?  Or is the  
> IMAP server not reachable on the network?  The latter will NOT cause  
> a logout (since it is not an authentication error - once  
> authenticated, it is assumed the user remains authenticated until  
> the server explicitly indicates authentication is wrong).

It's the latter. It might be improvable by letting the user know more  
specifically that it's the IMAP server we're waiting for. But if what  
you describe is the desired behavior (and it makes sense indeed), I  
think this ticket can be closed.