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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1999-12-19 18:22:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1999-12-19 18:22:47 +0000 |
| commit | 6ef8ae12c3ca8ba36cf23b9ba70427a330f4614e (patch) | |
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index ed061a8c..543a4b93 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/12/19 18:12:55 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/12/19 18:22:47 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#R8">R8. Fetchmail running as root stopped working after an OS upgrade</a><br> <a href="#R9">R9. Fetchmail is timing out after fetching certain messages but before deleting them</a><br> +<a href="#R10">R10. Fetchmail is timing out during message fetches</a></br> <h1>Disappearing mail</h1> @@ -1899,7 +1900,7 @@ from /root to / as the result of a change in init. Move your (Oddly, a similar problem has been reported from Debian systems.)<P> <hr> -<h2><a name="#R9">R9. Fetchmail is timing out after fetching certain +<h2><a name="R9">R9. Fetchmail is timing out after fetching certain messages but before deleting them</a></h2> There's a TCP/IP stalling problem under Redhat 6.0 (and possibly other @@ -1924,6 +1925,14 @@ I'm still unclear about the details of why this is happening. At least </blockquote> <hr> +<h2><a name="R10">R10. Fetchmail is timing out during message fetches</a></h2> + +This is probably a general networking issue. Sending a "RETR" command will +cause the server to start sending large amounts of data, which means +large packets. If your networking layer has a packet-fragmentation +problem, that's where you'll see it.<p> + +<hr> <h2><a name="D1">D1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2> Maybe you have a .forward or alias set up that you've forgotten about. You @@ -2499,7 +2508,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/12/19 18:12:55 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/12/19 18:22:47 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |