Well, it seems to be taken care of now. Some rogue message from co.kr
(spam) that everytime I tried to get, no matter what client I used, it would
cause my connection to drop. had isp remove all messages in it and all seems
good now.
Thanks,
On Monday 04 February 2002 11:44, you were heard blurting out:
> Already thought about that, and gave it a go again. same problem no matter
> whats running.
>
> I feel it is some rogue piece of mail of some sorts, but cant figure out
> how it could cause my linux box to do something such as disconnect.
>
> Im haveing the isp check it and delete approximate messages. around the 135
> mark of dls..
>
> On Monday 04 February 2002 08:18, you were heard blurting out:
> > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:06, Bill Day wrote:
> > > downloads. Gets approximately 3/4 way through the dl of mail (135 of
> > > 195
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > absolutely unqualified here, but this is typical of an isp who has set
> > the keep-alive wrong. I'ts not retriggering on icmp requests to port 110,
> > just ignoring them.
> >
> > try activating a program like licq. If the line disconnects after (say)
> > 10 mins of just licq. it's an isp issue. If not, keep licq running and
> > read your mail, if it doesn't drop out, it's *definitely* an isp issue.
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