JavaMail POP3 folder.close() method close also store!

[Daniel Albisser]

Hi @ll,

I was wondering why I lose the connection to the mail store while retrieving information from it
without
calling the method store.close()! At the end I found out that the method folder.close(bo olean) also
close the store!

Following you see the debug log of the JavaMail API:

C: QUIT
S: +OK POP3 server closing connection

I really have to keep the connection alive to the server to get all messages at once from the mail
store. But after closing the folder my client is disconnected :o(

From my point of view it is not very correct that the API close the connection to the store in the
background
that my program has implicity opened before! I expect that the connection is alive as long I
implicity call
the method store.close()!

Is there a workaround or a patch that the store won't be closed by calling the method
folder.close(bo olean)???

Thanks for helping!
Greetz,
Dan

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Hi @ll,

I was wondering why I lose the connection to the mail store while retrieving information from it
without
calling the method store.close()! At the end I found out that the method folder.close(bo olean) also
close the store!

Following you see the debug log of the JavaMail API:

C: QUIT
S: +OK POP3 server closing connection

I really have to keep the connection alive to the server to get all messages at once from the mail
store. But after closing the folder my client is disconnected :o(

From my point of view it is not very correct that the API close the connection to the store in the
background
that my program has implicity opened before! I expect that the connection is alive as long I
implicity call
the method store.close()!

Is there a workaround or a patch that the store won't be closed by calling the method
folder.close(bo olean)???

Thanks for helping!
Greetz,
Dan

I may be wrong but without looking into this to far, POP3 is a single
folder store. If that folder is cloded then the store is no longer
needed. I know nothing about your application so I can't say if
closing the folder is the action you should be taking or not.

Hope this helps,