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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-11-01 18:05:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-11-01 18:05:40 +0000 |
| commit | 343eedd542a30c183f2d134b7668d07cab0a5769 (patch) | |
| tree | 617ebda57c15c6e8ab9997b649d011af93b7eb74 /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | 4d57dd138fc48e2e37756b97b9ac3662894b69a3 (diff) | |
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Deal with connect(2) bug.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index bfd6b387..7e78b80f 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -701,16 +701,6 @@ catch equivalences created by MX records). If it is an alias of the server, but the lookup fails due to network congestion or a crashed server, forwarding will not get done correctly. .PP -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). For some reason, these -sockets aren't garbage-collected until \fIfetchmail\fR exits. When -whatever kernel table is involved fills up, fetchmail can no longer -run even if the network is up. This appears \fInot\fR to be a socket -leak in \fIfetchmail\fR, but rather some glitch or misfeature in the system -network code. To avoid this problem, fetchmail commits seppuku after -too many unsuccessful socket opens. -.PP Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>. .SH SEE ALSO |