The connection to the server "X" on port 143 timed out.

My Mac is running MacOS X 10.6.2,
and Mail 4.2 .
I'm using Mail from my work connexion and it is running without problem.
Today I use it from home connexion and Mail doesn't synchronize any of
my E-mail accounts. I get the following error message:<pre>The server returned the error: The connection to the server “imap.free.fr” on port 143 timed out.</pre>
I tested the said server (from a Terminal window):<pre>telnet imap.free.fr 143
Trying 212.27.48.2...
Connected to imap.free.fr.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 X-NETSCAPE LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] IMAP4rev1 Free</pre>
and it is replying perfectly correctly.
I also tested my accounts synchronization with Thunderbird (of course
with the same home connexion), and it is working without a trouble.
Hence there isn't any problem with my Mac, my connexion, my imap server,
my account.
But something is deeply corrupted within Mail.
How may I analyze this serious bug (the application is totally unusable)?
How may I turn Mail in a debug mode to provide any kind of trace so as to
make a usable bug report?
<pre>--------
As long as you'll see students making graphics with pen on paper,
you'll see the missing keystone of the software empire.
dan</pre>

Ernie Stamper wrote:
Click on Window in the menubar of Mail, and choose Connection Doctor -- what does it report?
Connection status: <green bullet> Mail was unable to connect to the Internet.
And for all of my accounts, Mail is displaying the rotating wheel,
and in the column says: Connecting to server…
My connexion is OK:
I'm posting this reply from the same Mac,
and I'm collecting my E-mail on the same accounts with Thunderbird.
As the rotating wheels were still rotating 2 minutes later,
just to be sure I made a check of what's going on my connection
with tcpdump. "Mail Connection Doctor"
isn't doing any connection attempt.
Just to be sure of what my eyes refused to believe,
I just restarted Mail, started a tcpdump and opened the "Mail Connection Doctor".
I see some standard trafic (IPP, http…) but nothing on port 143.
This "Mail Connection Doctor" is plainly lying to me.
Hence my original conclusion seems to stand:
there's something corrupted within Mail.
<pre>--------
As long as you'll see students making graphics with pen on paper,
you'll see the missing keystone of the software empire.
dan</pre>

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Ernie Stamper wrote:
Click on Window in the menubar of Mail, and choose Connection Doctor -- what does it report?
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with tcpdump. "Mail Connection Doctor"
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I just restarted Mail, started a tcpdump and opened the "Mail Connection Doctor".
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This "Mail Connection Doctor" is plainly lying to me.
Hence my original conclusion seems to stand:
there's something corrupted within Mail.
<pre>--------
As long as you'll see students making graphics with pen on paper,
you'll see the missing keystone of the software empire.
dan</pre>

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