[Alpine-info] alpine hangs but sends mail

[Andrew C Aitchison via Alpine-info]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025, David Chmelik via Alpine-info wrote:


> On OpenBSD UNIX 7.7, Alpine hangs--saying 0% done for maybe an hour--but

> sends mail... PO my sysadmin testing a few times saying submit

> configuration (default), logs (don't know where).  ((re-)al)pine was my

> favourite email client some decades ago, especially college/university

> 1997 into '0s.  Then I preferred ThunderBird, but I like (re-)alpine most

> for command-line (is it still re-alpine or back to alpine?).  Recent

> decades it was impossible to use at first because maybe had to send mail

> to the developers to notify people still use it, and for a time that never

> went through... don't know if there's some other similar configuration

> thing I have to do to start using it right on OpenBSD...


Does the |/-\|/-\| spinner go around ?

For some reason your email reminds me of a pine bug involving
that spinner, many years ago (possibly last millenium).

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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
                    andrew at aitchison.me.uk