Re: [Fetchmail-users] IDLE Socket error After IP reconnect

[Mailu <lol...@we...>]

Oh sorry, trying to do my best on the go with iOS mail :/
Hope this is better even though not quoting this time anyways...
 
I just wanted to ask if the reason can really be the server employing short timeouts.
Timeouts seem rather reasonable: I noticed that *exactly* every 200mins I receive the socket error (except for the additional errors in the time slots around the IP reconnect).
I would still say that this is expected as eventually every server will disconnect on their side. Or do you mean that fetchmail should actively reconnect every 30mins by default? If so, this seems not to work for me...

> Am 01.11.2025 um 13:14 schrieb Matthias Andree via Fetchmail-users <fet...@li...>:
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> Your quoting is extremely broken. Please use a *WORKING* mailer to quote properly and mark quotes.
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> Being "professional" (aka paid for what they do) does not mean "free of surprises" or "violations of standards".
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>> Am 01.11.25 um 13:04 schrieb Mailu via Fetchmail-users:
>> This would be a server employing short timeouts... you can work around that with idletimeout 280 or similar (in rcfile or command line argument) on supported versions of fetchmail. Check after what time the server gives you a TIMEOUT and then set idletimeout several seconds short of that.
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>> Oh really? Shouldn‘t I receive this Message more often then and Not only 1-2x a times a day?
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>>> Yes, assuming the server is compliant and does _not_ try to be extra smart and delete the message after the first attempt to read it.
>> I Hope it is not. I am Talking about Web.de. A large German mail provider. Basically the Same as GMX. Should be professional, but you never know in the Details…
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>>> The elegant ways are 1. don't use IDLE if the server employs nonconforming timeouts, 2. get a static IP.
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>>> The practical way is "ignore and move on".
>> Thanks for confirming!
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