On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 18:24 +0100, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > tor, 19.02.2004 kl. 15.54 skrev Jeffrey Stedfast: > > > it doesn't ping the server, it sends a IMAP NOOP command which is > > supposed to prevent the server from closing the connection (lets the > > server know we are still there). It also tells us of updates. > > Then why (1.4.5 and everything earlier) is the thing lying? Why does it > report anything at all? ping is ping (icmp echo request as a rule), noop > is noop.
Not exactly. A "ping" is just something from which you expect a "pong" response, and is clearly thus a generic term to 'find out if something is alive'. If it really bothers you - get out more. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
