Okay, it looks like FetchMail has a check for this that goes like:
// if we are already fetching then just return
if (fetching) return;
fetching = true;
...
fetching = false;
May I suggest though the more robust scheme:
try {
// if we are already fetching then just return
if (fetching) return;
fetching = true;
...
} finally {
fetching = false;
}
This will ensure that fetching is set to false, even if some runtime exception
is thrown, and thereby ensuring that FetchMail is actually fetching after
that.
I read from the response mails to my original post, that because FetchPop is
being deprecated, the patches for that are not wanted, okay.
I just keep my local patched version until a time where I can make the switch
to FetchMail then.
--S�ren
On Friday 12 September 2003 18:56, Steve Brewin wrote:
> Soeren
>
> Yes, this is a problem with fetchPOP and the earlier versions of fetchmail.
>
> It is not a problem with the version of fetchmail in v2.2.0a10. In this
> version, if a new run of a fetch task is triggered while another is still
> running, the new run is skipped.
>
> Thrown exceptions stopping all message fetching is also fixed in this
> version, as are many other small and
> not so small issues.
>
> Which ever timer you use with fetchPOP you will still want to ensure that
> whatever happens...
>
> 1) a new fetch task never runs before the old one has completed
> 2) if the old fetch task fails a new one will run.
>
> All in all you might find it easier to switch to the new fetchmail as
> fetchPOP is being deprecated.
>
> Any help wringing the bugs out of that would be appreciated.
>
> -- Steve
>
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