[tor-talk] TorBirdy seems to connect to the same exit node again and again

[Yuri]

On 04/13/2015 12:55, l.m wrote:
> Hi Yuri,
>
> I, er, don't think what you're proposing is the answer to the OP's
> problem.
>
> If they're using a port which is only supported by 3 exits they'll
> still have the problem. If one exit is blocked and they choose that
> one the mail server will see further attempts as possibly malicious.
> At least one factor is the need to avoid the blacklisted exits in the
> first place. That's hard to do if they've been using the same handful
> of exits. Someone may be attempting to break into their account and
> the blacklist of the exit may be warranted.
>
> Furthermore, it hasn't been identified that the problem is a
> connection which is remaining open across new identities. That's just
> a behavior observed for arbitrary traffic in the wild. It's should be
> highly unlikely for email traffic alone to cause this behavior. It
> would require their imap/smtp traffic to coincide with some webmail
> traffic across exits where one is blocked. It was me who mentioned it.
> That was before noticing the port number and it's rarity at exit
> policies.
>
> I've only ever seen the problem described as circuits held open (with
> TorBirdy) under very specific circumstances. It cannot yet be the
> cause of the OP's problem. Not enough troubleshooting done. It's
> actually more likely to be the port.
>
> Anyway, telnet isn't hard, you could just ask tor-talk. The hardest
> part is getting the right format of cookie for (default)
> authentication. It's harder to get Vidalia working.
> --leeroy

I think, agreement to disagree is in order!

Yuri