[imp] Unexplained session problems

[David Pape]

Kevin Konowalec <kevin <at> ualberta.net> writes:

> 
> 
> Our users have been complaining that they are getting booted out of  
> their sessions without explanation.  They are well within the timeout  
> values set in php.ini.  I've tried it myself and sure enough even  
> just leaving imp open to the inbox, refreshing automatically every  
> few minutes, I get kicked off with a "Login Failed" message fairly  
> quickly.  Other users have reported getting booted to the login  
> screen on submitting an email as if the session had timed out but  
> they hadn't been logged in long enough to have had garbage collection
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> Feb 07 14:01:30 HORDE [error] [imp] FAILED LOGIN xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to  
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:143[imap] as someuser [on line 247 of "/var/www/horde/ 
> imp/lib/Auth/imp.php"]
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this?

Yes, I've seen it happening quite a bit on Plesk 7.5.4 VPS systems, though 
we've been unable to determine the exact cause.

If anyone has any clue as to why this is happening, I would really appreciate 
any suggestions.