From: Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>
Subject: Re: nnimap, sll and timeouts
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:24:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uy92ilyvz.fsf@xpediantsolutions.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7ny92ibkal.fsf@slayer.templeofhate.com>
Frank Schmitt <usereplyto@Frank-Schmitt.net> writes:
> Hello
>
> I've got the following problem: Im using nnimap via ssl with the
> following config:
>
> (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods
> '(nnimap "" (nnimap-address "mail.host.net")(nnimap-stream ssl)))
>
> My problem is that after some time, the remote server drops the
> connection but Gnus doesn't recognize this (probably because the ssl
> connection is still open).
The status of the socket will not update until you actually try to do
I/O on it.
> So if I want to check for new mail, I've got to change to server buffer,
> close connection and reopen it.
>
> Any clever solution for my problem? I guess more people than just me run
> into it. (At least one guy at #mygnus at irc.my.gnus.org does .-))
Some nntp servers have similar problems (i.e. they drop idle
connections). You might want to look at nntp-with-open-group. Of
course, even if it is what you need, you'll have quite a bit of work
ahead to incorporate it into nnimap.
Kevin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-10 23:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-10 12:37 Frank Schmitt
2003-04-10 23:24 ` Kevin Greiner [this message]
2003-04-12 16:04 ` Simon Josefsson
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