Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 08:06:40 +0000 () From: Dror Matalon <dror@dnai.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: POP timeout Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960430075523.904w-100000@mars.dnai.com> In-Reply-To: <199604301259.IAA09618@itchy.mosquito.com>
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On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Bruce Bauman wrote: > We are running FreeBSD 2.1 at our small ISP. Customers have occasionally > been complaining about being unable to communicate with our mail server > via POP. If I check our log files, I see messages like the following: > > Apr 30 06:21:28 itchy popper[8954]: woody@dial30.mosquito.com: -ERR POP timeout > > > Our mail server is lightly loaded. Any suggestions on where to look for problems? > Is it possible I'm running out of ptys? We run our Pop server on BSDI, but have found out that: 1. The qpopper server from qualcom, the folks that wrote Eudora, recovers better than the native popper from errors. 2. When users use the "leave mail on server" switch, mail starts building up and eventually, just seeking to the right position in the mail file takes the pop server long enough that the client times out. Dror Dror Matalon Voice: 510 649-6110 Direct Network Access Fax: 510 649-7130 2039 Shattuck Avenue Modem: 510 649-6116 Berkeley, CA 94704 Email: dror@dnai.com
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