imap.end() causes [Error: read ECONNRESET]

I have the following function :

ImapService.prototype.disconnect = function(callback) {
  callback = callback || function(){}
  this.imap.end();
  this.imap.once('end', function(){

    callback();
  });
}

When this is called, 9/10 times it throws the error:

{ [Error: read ECONNRESET] code: ‘ECONNRESET’, errno: ‘ECONNRESET’, syscall: ‘read’, source: ‘socket’ }

I have an active connection and have been able to successfully pull messages from the IMAP server.

I understand I can capture error events and handle them. This should not be a solution though. I need to understand why this error is getting thrown and prevent it. I have read through the code and can not find any reasonable explanation.

Any insight into this issue?

[mpiivonen]

Hi,

I had similar issue and someone else had similar issue, which was caused by tls settings. Try to change tls true to following

this.imap = new Imap({
    user: username,
    password: password,
    host: host,
    port: port || 993,
    tls: {
    secureProtocol: "TLSv1_method"
}

source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17583844

[Salketer]

I’ve had the same problem… I ended up doing this:

// Silence all errors.
this.imap.removeAllListeners("error");
this.imap.on("error",()=>{});
this.imap.end();