[Techtalk] poll: fave Linux IMAP MUA

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 17/05/04 11:31 -0700, Akkana Peck wrote:
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> <geeky_imap_problem>
> I wrote a wrapper script to fix the last-modified problem (call
> "touch" on any folder that had new mail), but my wrapper calls
> mailsync for each folder, and it turns out that connecting on the
> imap port of our server many times in a short period somehow
> confuses inetd so further connections are refused, and the only
> solution is to restart inetd.  (Debian woody, uw-imapd; anyone seen
> anything like this, or know of a solution?)
> </geeky_imap_problem>
Inetd limits the number of simultaneous connections. This is tunable.
You could probably make a single connection that stays open and do
everything over that instead.

Devdas Bhagat