Haiku Haiku Freezes when it tries to send email

[e2djonline]

I am running Haiku Helper on a mac mini server. Anytime Haiku tries to send an email the program freezes. Only way to get it to work again is to force quit the application. Any thoughts?
 
Emmett

 

[lupinglade]

Perhaps your mail server configuration is causing this? Have you tried a different server?

 

[e2djonline]

Perhaps your mail server configuration is causing this? Have you tried a different server?

It freezes when I boot up the program. I have tried to delete it and re install. How do I clear all my config files?
 
Thanks

 

[lupinglade]

Try holding shift when you start HaikuHelper, does it still freeze? If so, you can remove the HaikuHelper.sqlite and Haiku.sqlite files from:
 
/Users/yourusername/Library/Containers/com.nullriver.HaikuHelper2/Library/Application Support/com.nullriver.HaikuHelper2/

 

[digiperf]

I am having the same issue. Exactly. Mac Mini Server, Email Freezes HaikuHelper, Force Quit. 

 

[digiperf]

holding the shift key when starting HaikuHelper fixed the problem. Thank you.

 

[e2djonline]

That fixes the issue for opening the program, but it freezes every time it tries and to send an email.

 

[lupinglade]

Yes, the shift key just bypasses startup scripts.
 
You may be using an SMTP server that is incompatible with HaikuHelper. Try using something like Gmail.

 

[e2djonline]

Yes, the shift key just bypasses startup scripts.
 
You may be using an SMTP server that is incompatible with HaikuHelper. Try using something like Gmail.

It is strange. I am using smtp.gmail.com. I installed HaikuHelper on another mac and it is not having any issues. When I hold the shift key it shows the scripts have not been run at startup, then HaikuHelper freezes and I cannot close the info windows with the script message. Any other suggestions? 
 
Thanks!

 

[swaggy]

Just wanted to add "same here". Brand new install of HaikuHelper on a Mac Mini freezes the app when I try to setup Email notifications and send a test notification. I've tried my own SMTP server as well as gmail with same results.

 

[lupinglade]

We hope to replace the SMTP code soon. Its not very robust right now. We're looking for an alternative. 
 
@e2djonline: Try disconnecting the network connection on your machine running HaikuHelper and then starting HaikuHelper. This should make it not attempt to send out any e-mail notifications on startup, giving you time to disable the e-mail notification feature so that the next startup works without freezing.

 

[e2djonline]

We hope to replace the SMTP code soon. Its not very robust right now. We're looking for an alternative. 
 
@e2djonline: Try disconnecting the network connection on your machine running HaikuHelper and then starting HaikuHelper. This should make it not attempt to send out any e-mail notifications on startup, giving you time to disable the e-mail notification feature so that the next startup works without freezing.

I would do that but the mac mini is hosted in a data center on the other side of the country. Do you know any way to block network access to Haiku until I reset the settings?

 

[lupinglade]

e2djonline: No, that would not be a good a idea then.
 
You can completely reset the settings by quitting HaikuHelper, deleting /Users/yourusername/Library/Containers/com.nullriver.HaikuHelper2/ and restarting HaikuHelper.

 

[swaggy]

We hope to replace the SMTP code soon. Its not very robust right now. We're looking for an alternative. 

 
Love HH, the possibilities are endless!! I have a use case to send a screengrab to my iPhone from outdoor surveillance cameras when a zone is tripped. Since the cameras are IP connected, it should be easy enough to grab a jpg and email to [email protected]. Looks like I can use the sendMail function in the API to accomplish this. Any estimate on when the SMTP code will be re-written?