Bug 785205 - Evolution partial hang with unresponsive HTML email source
Summary: Evolution partial hang with unresponsive HTML email source
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: evolution
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
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Assignee: Matthew Barnes
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-01-27 15:53 UTC by John Mellor
Modified: 2012-01-30 10:19 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-01-30 10:19:13 UTC
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GNOME Bugzilla 669005 0 None None None Never

Description John Mellor 2012-01-27 15:53:52 UTC
Description of problem:
Image files for HTML email from a non-responding server lock up the preview pane.
Cancelling the image file download has no effect.  Even quitting Evolution is blocked until the maximum socket timeout is apparently reached (typically 5+ minutes).
It is possible to view other emails while the problem is in play, by double-clicking on another message and bringing up a new message window, but this forces the user into an abnormal message review situation.
I typically receive about 3 of these emails every day, causing a lot of frustration due to this bug.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Evolution 3.2.3
Fedora is a fully up-to-date F16 workstation.

How reproducible:
Every time the web server cannot respond for various reasons.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Evolution
2. Read an html email where the originating site will not respond with image data
3. Observe download hangs, blocking many parts of Evolution, including exit.
  
Actual results:
Evolution partially hung.

Expected results:
Evolution should not block on delayed image files, and should be able to successfully cancel these downloads.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Milan Crha 2012-01-30 10:19:13 UTC
Thanks for a bug report. I moved this upstream as [1]. Please see [1] for any further updates. If possible, please CC yourself there, in case upstream developers will have additional questions.

[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669005


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