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| author | Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> | 2020-02-06 15:41:43 -0700 |
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| committer | Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> | 2020-02-06 15:41:43 -0700 |
| commit | 1d7b336f7c65ab138ba1bae46a4e9c4861c3e12d (patch) | |
| tree | 7285768941d9f6d9150ec53b157ae0882017ef87 | |
| parent | 2eb52cbfe33171eda83b69d9df36cee0ff834f33 (diff) | |
| download | alpine-1d7b336f7c65ab138ba1bae46a4e9c4861c3e12d.tar.xz | |
* Add a help text to the option close-connection-timeout. Reported by
Aditya Mahajan.
| -rw-r--r-- | pith/conf.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pith/pine.hlp | 53 |
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pith/conf.c b/pith/conf.c index f6fe486..c39a19e 100644 --- a/pith/conf.c +++ b/pith/conf.c @@ -7857,6 +7857,8 @@ config_help(int var, int feature) return(h_config_tcp_writewarn_timeo); case V_TCPQUERYTIMEO : return(h_config_tcp_query_timeo); + case V_QUITQUERYTIMEO : + return(h_config_quit_query_timeo); case V_RSHOPENTIMEO : return(h_config_rsh_open_timeo); case V_SSHOPENTIMEO : diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index dd4ca9a..5246505 100644 --- a/pith/pine.hlp +++ b/pith/pine.hlp @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ with help text for the config screen and the composer that didn't have any reasonable place to be called from. Dummy change to get revision in pine.hlp ============= h_revision ================= -Alpine Commit 403 2020-02-06 07:31:37 +Alpine Commit 404 2020-02-06 15:41:28 ============= h_news ================= <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -4673,6 +4673,7 @@ There are also additional details on <li><a href="h_config_permlocked">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_stay-open-folders"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_tcp_open_timeo">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_tcp-open-timeout"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_tcp_query_timeo">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_tcp-query-timeout"--></a> +<li><a href="h_config_quit_query_timeo">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_close-connection-timeout"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_tcp_readwarn_timeo">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_tcp-read-warning-timeout"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_tcp_writewarn_timeo">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_tcp-write-warning-timeout"--></a> <li><a href="h_config_thread_disp_style">OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_threading-display-style"--></a> @@ -25361,6 +25362,56 @@ has a minimum of 5 seconds, and a maximum of 1000 seconds. <End of help on this topic> </BODY> </HTML> +====== h_config_quit_query_timeo ===== +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_close-connection-timeout"--></TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>OPTION: <!--#echo var="VAR_close-connection-timeout"--></H1> + +The original purpose of this option was to close a connection after this +much time has elapsed without response from the server. The problem this +generates is that a server might not reply on time due to a slow operation +(for example, sorting a large folder, or filtering messages, etc.) In those +situations it is desirable to wait for the server, even when this takes +a long time. + +<P> +In order to have a good compromise so that a user can distinguish between +when a connection is closed, therefore +we do not need to wait for it, and the operation that the user is waiting +for takes a long time, this option only applies to the +"NOOP" IMAP command. So, if a NOOP command has been issued, +and the connection does not return after the number of seconds configured +here, which must be at least the amount configured in the option +<a href="h_config_tcp_query_timeo"><!--#echo var="VAR_tcp-query-timeout"--></a>, +then Alpine will close the connection. + +<P> +Closing connections that have connectivity problems is a good idea. In an ideal +world, one would like all connections to be fast and reliable, so the amount +of time and effort put into parsing a folder to report its state when it is +opened is not wasted, so keeping connections alive is good, but the problem +with this is that waiting for a user to reply to a "keep connection +alive?" question can take a long time, and that might affect other +connections that could be closed because Alpine is not pinging them while it +is waiting for a reply from a user for a different connection. Therefore +setting this value helps to keep other connections alive, in case +you have several incoming folders in other servers. + +<P> +The default value for this option is 0, which means that no connections will +be closed automatically, so if you want connections to be closed automatically +you must set this option to a positive number bigger or equal than the +value of the option <!--#echo var="VAR_tcp-query-timeout"-->. +<P> +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="h_finding_help">Finding more information and requesting help</A> +</UL><P> +<End of help on this topic> +</BODY> +</HTML> ====== h_config_incoming_folders ===== <HTML> <HEAD> |