Re: Emacs 24 Gnus IMAP Keep Alive to Prevent Disconnect?

[Aaron W. Hsu]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> arcfide@sacrideo.us (Aaron W. Hsu) writes:
>
>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>
>>> arcfide@sacrideo.us (Aaron W. Hsu) writes:
>>>
>>>> What should I be doing to prevent Gnus from hanging with an IMAP
>>>> connection that appears connected but that may have been disconnected?
>>>> I'd prefer a transparent reconnection or something like that if
>>>> possible. 
>>>
>>> Do you have a network connection that changes IP on your machine (or
>>> your router)?  In that case, network connections may hang.
>>
>> Not very often, and certainly not on a daily basis. Maybe a monthly
>> basis, if that. 
>
> Right.  If the server has closed the connection in a normal manner, then
> Emacs should detect that, and you shouldn't get any hangs.
>
> Could you try setting `debug-on-quit' and then `C-g' when it hangs?
> That may give us more data.

I'll try to do this soon. I am actually using two news servers and one
IMAP server: I do not know which is causing the problems. Thank you for
the debugging information.

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