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Subject: Re: Prevent freezing when having bad connection?
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> > I have noticed hung NNTP connections that manifest the same way.
> > Usually `C-g' will fix it [...]

> Since `C-g' breaks this reliably, my guess would be that it's not a
> TCP/Emacs issue at all, but just a loop in nntp.el that doesn't check
> whether the connections is still alive...

Please note: for me, C-g doesn't break it, never, even if I wait for
several minutes.

Lars, my last question was: is it ok to mimic a bad connection by
unplugging the USB stick?  Or is this a different case?


Michael