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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-10-19 19:03:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-10-19 19:03:31 +0000 |
| commit | 07513709eed70fe7fcf7361eaf17640ed74683bf (patch) | |
| tree | ab22ca5334e422d176327e5162c7390dc3c369aa /NEWS | |
| parent | 5bd3f8287149511024b95c01fb4212e60ec6fe13 (diff) | |
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Avoid the socket-exhaustion bug.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=354
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@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ + Known problems: + + Release Notes: fetchmail-1.9 (): features -- -* The first message from a query now includes the number of new messages +* The first message from a query now includes the number of old messages when this can be determined (that is not under POP2). * POP3 UID support really works now. I make rude noises at the POP3 mavens @@ -50,6 +53,14 @@ bugs -- * Fixed various bugs in --check. It now reports PS_SUCCESS only if there is new mail waiting. +* Under Linux, if fetchmail is run in daemon mode with the network + inaccessible, each poll leaves a socket allocated but in CLOSE state + (this is visible in netstat(1)'s output). These sockets aren't + garbage-collected until fetchmail exits. When whatever kernel table + is involved fills up, fetchmail can no longer run even if the network is up. + To avoid this, fetchmail now commits seppuku after some number of + unsuccessful socket opens. + fetchmail-1.8 (Fri Oct 11 15:08:10 EDT 1996): features -- |