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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 |