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Subject: Re: Prevent freezing when having bad connection?
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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> I have noticed hung NNTP connections that manifest the same way.
> Usually `C-g' will fix it but it's very annoying because it looks as
> if it's waiting for the remote server and you sit for 10-15 seconds
> before you realize it's hung.  `strace -p' shows read() returning
> EAGAIN over and over.  This is hard to simulate though, I have to open
> the connection and wait 10 minutes to be sure it will hang.

My feeling is that this is a different issue.  The problem I mean occurs
when starting gnus, and C-g never helps.

But I think I also experienced what you describe some time ago.  I could
successfully avoid this symptom by setting `imap-ping-server' to nil.
Maybe you can try this?


Michael