[Users] [Bug 4104] SMTP doesn't work over VPN

[Paul]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:07:21 +0100
Michal Suchánek <msuchanek at suse.de> wrote: 

> Looks like problem is quite simple. claws uses a child process to
> connect to the SMTP server. There is a memory leak in claws which
> causes it to increase its memory footprint over time. At some point
> the claws process is so big that the kernel thinks it cannot be
> forked and fork() returns ENOMEM. Then SMTP stops working.
> Restarting claws decreases the memory footprint again leading the
> SMTP working again.

That's an interesting theory. Do you have anything more? Do you
suggest that the solution is quite simple, like the problem? Do you
have a patch?

with regards

Paul