I did what you suggest and after 4 days it seems safe to say that it works. Many thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Sand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "P Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:36 AM Subject: Re: imap problems > Re, > > P Kirk wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm putting together a mail server for a small company. There will be 20 or > > so mail accounts accessed via laptops on the road or from desktop machines. > > > > I'm planning to use imap and IMP software. > > > > Problem with imap - whenever Outlook Express fires up, it says "Your imap > > server has closed the connection. This may be due to a long period of > > inactivity..." > > > > Given that Outlook Express has just opened, a long period of inactivity is > > not unexpected. I assume this is some problem with the way it loads from > > inetd but need help. Has anyone else seen this and is there a solution. As > > things stand, I can't deliver the box so help please! > > > > Only a guess. > > Max up your IMAP Connections. > > and change this in your inet.conf > > imap stream tcp nowait.6000 <- how many connections per > minute before the process got shut down > > MfG daniel >