Re: Odd pop problem
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 03:05:21PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Symptoms: Client will start to pop out email and it would freeze and time out during download and give an error (as usual, it's a pain to get clients to specify exactly what the error is). Email Clients Used: Most occuring from Outlook Express, one occurance from Netscape Mail so far Questions: Does anyone have any thoughts as to what this could be? Are you running on Linux? What Kernel? I have the same problem with a 2.0.39 system that's been working fairly well for over 2 years now. In the last 2 or 3 months I have been getting an increasing # of these hanging email sessions. One 'cure' I have found is to change the MRU on my dialup connection when fetching mail from the server. Set it to 1500 and I get freezes, set it to 576 and they come through fine. Usually I see them with large attachment emails, but not alway. I posted a message to this list a week or so ago and the only conclusion we came to was that maybethe 2.0.39 linux kernel has an un-squashed bug that has started to exhibit itself for unknown reasons. Brian -- Brian C. Lane - Linux Programmer/Consultant/Writer www.brianlane.com www.nexuscomputing.com Liberty Privacy 'zine Editor www.libertynews.org The right of self-defense is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction. -- Henry St. George Tucker (in Blackstone's Commentaries)
Re: Odd pop problem
Brian Lane writes: Are you running on Linux? What Kernel? I have the same problem with a 2.0.39 system that's been working fairly well for over 2 years now. In the last 2 or 3 months I have been getting an increasing # of these hanging email sessions. I am running linux - 2.2.16. I wonder if it is a bug with linux or a bug with the way QMails popup program runs on Linux? One 'cure' I have found is to change the MRU on my dialup connection when fetching mail from the server. Set it to 1500 and I get freezes, set it to 576 and they come through fine. Usually I see them with large attachment emails, but not alway. I can see about trying it on one of my dialup banks and see what happens. Did you adjust the MTU as well, or just the MRU? -Tony A safe place for Apple ]['s... http://www.a2haven.org --- Ugh - You mean I have to do that AGAIN??
Odd pop problem
Hi, I'm having an odd pop problem that just started this week. We are using the Maildir format We have a nfs spool to store all mail. all mail transaction machines mount the nfs spool. We are using the qmail-popup program from the 1.03 distribution Currently the nfs spool and the mounting transaction machines are about 1 second off from each other. We used to have them running ntpd to keep in sync, but after an extended power outtage, ntp ceased to function properly and we are not sure why. Symptoms: Client will start to pop out email and it would freeze and time out during download and give an error (as usual, it's a pain to get clients to specify exactly what the error is). Email Clients Used: Most occuring from Outlook Express, one occurance from Netscape Mail so far Original thought later dismissed: We know that Nortons 2000 sometimes times out while scanning email - most of the clients noting this error were either running another virus scanner or (ugh) not running one at all. Questions: Does anyone have any thoughts as to what this could be? Also as a side note - are there any ntp wizards out there who might be able to help me with my ntp snafu? -Tony A safe place for Apple ]['s... http://www.a2haven.org --- Ugh - You mean I have to do that AGAIN??
