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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: [gnus git]  branch master updated: n0-17-27-g43f8466 =1= nntp.el (nntp-open-connection): Set TCP keepalive option.
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 22:07:12 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvliyf9xhe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr5879y4e.fsf-monnier+INBOX@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 09 May 2011 22:01:19 -0300")

>> (And, besides, if nntp.el needs keepalive, doesn't all network
>> connections need it?)

> All the ones that may stay open without activity, yes.
> Oddly enough nowadays these are rarely used by the "new" protocols like
> http, video-streaming, etc...

BTW, what is the use case for the nnimap-keepalive thingy?


        Stefan "who's had to look into keepalive because the NAT router
                in his temporary apartment drops TCP connections after
                only 5min of inactivity"



  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-10  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1QJYrH-0001ys-1x@quimby.gnus.org>
2011-05-09 22:53 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-05-10  1:01   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-10  1:07     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-05-30 20:14       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-05-30 20:17     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-05-10  5:30   ` David Engster
2011-05-10 13:46     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-10 14:19       ` David Engster
2011-05-11  8:57         ` David Engster
2011-05-11 17:59     ` David Engster
2011-05-10 12:06   ` Greg Troxel
2011-05-10 12:23     ` Antoine Levitt
2011-05-10 13:07       ` Richard Riley

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