From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/11307 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: IMAP disconnecting Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:39:47 +0200 Message-ID: <873akzwsh8.fsf@arcor.de> References: <87skt09q1e.fsf@gaura-nitai.no-ip.org> <87pro4az8s.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <8763pvak2l.fsf@gaura-nitai.no-ip.org> <871w0jhk7m.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87ljyrhg51.fsf@gaura-nitai.no-ip.org> <87skszg0nk.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219250469 18132 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2008 16:41:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:41:09 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 20 18:41:59 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KVqkA-0003u7-6i for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:41:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52466 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVqjC-0001zd-Rd for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVqjA-0001vf-6g for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVqj8-0001re-I9 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38011 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVqj8-0001rA-6B for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50373 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KVqj7-0008Fz-Nd for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KVqj2-00062T-7K for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:00 +0000 Original-Received: from dslc-082-082-178-155.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.82.178.155]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:00 +0000 Original-Received: from de_bb by dslc-082-082-178-155.pools.arcor-ip.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:40:00 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dslc-082-082-178-155.pools.arcor-ip.net Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AhSm1Djc8DPJNtnEm7OehQq9eck= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:11307 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: > But on the net I've read that dovecot doesn't disconnect clients. After > some time with no activity, it contacts the clients and checks if > they're still available. Really? I frequently get disconnected after 30 minutes of idle time. It's hardcoded in the source (imap-login/client.c): /* Disconnect client after idling this many milliseconds */ #define CLIENT_LOGIN_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MSECS (3*60*1000) However, this shouldn't cause any problems with Gnus. The server should simply get reopened when you enter or check a nnimap group. -David