Greetings,
>If fetchmail is still fetching when the 20 seconds is up, does the
>tunnel close on it, or does SSH realize there are bits in the tunnel
>and stays open until its dry?
It is my understanding that this just gives you 20 seconds to start the
application that is going to use the tunnel, as long as the app is
running and data is flowing the connection should stay active.
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