Re: [gnus git] branch master updated: n0-17-27-g43f8466 =1= nntp.el (nntp-open-connection): Set TCP keepalive option.

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt@gmail.com> writes:

> 10/05/11 14:06, Greg Troxel
>>> (And, besides, if nntp.el needs keepalive, doesn't all network
>>> connections need it?)
>>
>> That is a fair point.
>>
>> Another approach would be to have gnus have a timer so that it tears
>> down news connections after some period of inactivity, like perhaps
>> 600s.  It seems that perhaps a gnus left idle for hours shouldn't have
>> any open connections.
>
> I have no idea if that's relevant to the discussion at hand, but in my
> use case there is: I suspend my computer on the evening, and switch it
> back on in the morning, creating large periods of idle for gnus. Since
> connections are to localhost, either by NNTP with leafnode or by IMAP
> with dovecot, I don't think any are lost.
>
> I've seen nnimap bug out on this use case (mainly not getting new mail),
> although I think nntp is fine.
>

just FYI, I frequently have to kill gnus and then wait for a period of
time before a nntp session can be reconnected to eternalseptember nntp
servers. Invariably it hangs on post but I haven't noticed a reliable
"case" with which to duplicate the issue. It happens frequently however.