[Dovecot] imap-login ESTABLISHED client sessions not timed out by server

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Tue Feb 22 11:37:40 EET 2011


On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 09:50 +0100, J4K wrote:
> Good morning everyone,
> 
>     I noticed some mobile client connections that I know should have
> timed out at least 20 mins ago, yet these are still there.  The device
> in question lost its 3G connection and never re-established it.  I know,
> because in this case it was my 'phone ;)  Why should the imap-login keep
> the copnnection in in EST, when it was dropped ages ago.  I imagine that
> the mobile client did not correctly close down the session, but it
> should have timed out on the server. 

When client is in IDLE, it should timeout sooner because of
imap_idle_notify_interval setting. But when not in IDLE, there's only 30
minute inactivity timeout (30 mins is minimum required by IMAP
protocol).





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