[JAMES-1183] Error during initial request parsing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-beta3
• Fix Version/s: 3.0-beta3
• Component/s: IMAPServer
• Environment: Centos AMD Dual-Core 2.6 gHz 4GB RAM
• Assignee: Norman Maurer
• Reporter: Myron L Stewart
• Created: 11/Jan/11 23:44
• Updated: 18/Jul/11 19:43
• Resolved: 09/Feb/11 15:36

Description

I am noticing issues off and on when I try to copy messages offline into a mailbox folder via IMAP. James throws and error:

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DEBUG 18:20:28,945 | james.imapserver | Error during initial request parsing
org.apache.james.imap.decode.DecodingException: Missing argument.
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.ImapRequestLineReader.nextWordChar(ImapRequestLineReader.java:58)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.base.AbstractImapCommandParser.consumeWord(AbstractImapCommandParser.java:296)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.base.AbstractImapCommandParser.atom(AbstractImapCommandParser.java:149)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.main.DefaultImapDecoder.decodeCommandTagged(DefaultImapDecoder.java:83)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.main.DefaultImapDecoder.decode(DefaultImapDecoder.java:61)
at org.apache.james.imap.main.AbstractImapRequestHandler.doProcessRequest(AbstractImapRequestHandler.java:62)
at org.apache.james.imap.main.ImapRequestStreamHandler.handleRequest(ImapRequestStreamHandler.java:82)
at org.apache.james.imapserver.netty.ImapStreamChannelUpstreamHandler.processStreamIo(ImapStreamChannelUpstreamHandler.java:88)
at org.jboss.netty.handler.stream.StreamHandler$1.run(StreamHandler.java:127)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
DEBUG 18:20:28,946 | james.imapserver | Cannot parse tag
org.apache.james.imap.decode.DecodingException: Missing argument.
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.ImapRequestLineReader.nextWordChar(ImapRequestLineReader.java:58)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.base.AbstractImapCommandParser.consumeWord(AbstractImapCommandParser.java:296)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.base.AbstractImapCommandParser.tag(AbstractImapCommandParser.java:158)
at org.apache.james.imap.decode.main.DefaultImapDecoder.decode(DefaultImapDecoder.java:60)
at org.apache.james.imap.main.AbstractImapRequestHandler.doProcessRequest(AbstractImapRequestHandler.java:62)
at org.apache.james.imap.main.ImapRequestStreamHandler.handleRequest(ImapRequestStreamHandler.java:82)
at org.apache.james.imapserver.netty.ImapStreamChannelUpstreamHandler.processStreamIo(ImapStreamChannelUpstreamHandler.java:88)
at org.jboss.netty.handler.stream.StreamHandler$1.run(StreamHandler.java:127)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
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It seems like james does not like certain tags. I've seen it complain about html tags too. Do not know if this is fixed or if someone is working on it. Trying to gather more information to see exact causes or what sort of e-mails cause james to throw this error.