Re: Process imap not running

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:27:48 +0100 Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote: 

RS> On Mon, Jan 14 2008, Simon Josefsson wrote:

>> It adds some unnecessary round-trips, but I guess we can live with
>> those.  Maybe there could be a variable to turn them off, but we can
>> always add that later if people want it.

RS> I added the variable `imap-ping-server', defaulting to t.  Please
RS> adjust if necessary.

I think it should be an integer, representing the minimum number of
seconds before it's triggered (or nil to turn it off).

The default should be nil.  When the IMAP server is far away, pinging
the server introduces a painful delay because of the TCP round trip.

The situation is similar with dropped SSH sessions, where OpenSSH allows
for the ServerAliveInterval parameter but doesn't turn it on by default
except when in batch mode.

RS> Should the function `imap-ping-server' also add debug output to
RS> `imap-debug-buffer'?

Yes, please.

Ted