Re: Process imap not running

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Tue, Jan 15 2008, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> 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).

Is this feasible?  Would someone like to implement this?

> 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.

Could you explain how much delay it cause (and when)?  As it seems to
fix a problem for several users, it would be nice to set it to t.

Bye, Reiner.
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