Aaron Nabil writes:
>
> Several people on the list have reported timeout problems
> with clients like Outlook when using tcpserver and qmail's pop3.
>
> Unlike many replies suggest, it isn't a problem with client
> software. It's unlikely to be a problem with qmail's pop3
> server either.
>
> I just got a note from our tech support department that people
> were intermittantly having problems downloading large
> attachemnts, starting a couple days ago. They wanted to know
> if it was the "new mail server".
>
> I dismissed this off hand since I hadn't installed qmail yet,
> but then I realized I had installed a tiny little bit 'o qmail
> a couple days ago. I replaced our cucipop in daemon mode
> with cucipop running under tcpserver.
>
> Something is wrong with tcpserver.
Before you start making conclusions, try to actually look at tcpserver's
source code.
After the connection is received, tcpserver forks and execs the server, at
which point the forked tcpserver ceases to exist.
It would be rather impressive for tcpserver to affect an existing
connection when it is no longer running.
--
Sam
