I have exactly the same problem for exactly the same reason. Not due to mail check interval as that was already large.
I am extremely interested to know if any of you get anywhere with setting timeout values. On Sun, 2 Feb 2025, Thomas Gramstad via Alpine-info wrote: :> :>Thank you Milt, those links were very informative! :> :>Then I checked all the timeout values in my config: :> :>I have Check incoming mail interval at 15 seconds, and :>vaguely remember there was a reason for that many years :>ago. :> :>I have at least 4 TCP-related timeouts, but they are all :>set at "No Value". I suspect I should do something about :>that. What does "No Value" mean for those? :> :>Then there is this one, which I have no idea what means: :> :>User Input Timeout = <No Value Set: using "0"> :> :>There are a few others (like "Rsh timeout") which sound :>less relevant. :> :>So there seem to be quite a few more timeouts in Alpine now than :>in 2016. :> :>(By "logging into Alpine" I meant the OAuth thing which requires :>me to enter a password that it has stored.) :> :>I'll try the < up one level thing the next time the disconnect :>occurs. :> :>But please advise about the 4 TCP settings above. :> :>Thomas Gramstad :> :> :>On Sun, 2 Feb 2025, Milt Epstein via Alpine-info wrote: :> :>> I didn't think I had anything to say about this because I haven't :>> experienced this error, but then I found a reference to this error :>> message in my saved mail, in an old thread on this mailing list (from :>> January 28, 2016). :>> :>> So I went to the mailing list info url in each list message: :>> :>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info :>> :>> and went to the list archives. But the list archives there only goes :>> back about three years. But I did find a list archive at marc.info: :>> :>> https://marc.info/?l=alpine-info&r=1&w=2 :>> :>> And then from January 2016: :>> :>> https://marc.info/?l=alpine-info&r=1&b=201601&w=2 :>> :>> And then the thread in question ([Alpine-info] Best timeout settings :>> for connecting to Exchange server?): :>> :>> https://marc.info/?t=145399947700006&r=1&w=2 :>> :>> You might take a look at that to see if there's anything helpful :>> there. :>> :>> Also, people's suggestion to back out of the folder (using "<") and :>> re-enter it (rather than quitting Alpine) seems worth a try. :>> :>> BTW, what do you mean by "log in to Alpine"? (Because one doesn't :>> really have to log in to alpine. Probably you're having alpine :>> connect to some mail server -- which may be relevant to getting that :>> error message; but it does seem that others replying to your message :>> have figured that out.) :>> :>> Milt Epstein :>> mepst...@illinois.edu :>> :>> :>> On Sun, 2 Feb 2025, Thomas Gramstad via Alpine-info wrote: :>> :>> > The Subject: line is an error message that I get very often :>> > in Alpine, like several times per hour: :>> > :>> > [MAIL FOLDER "INBOX" CLOSED DUE TO ACCESS ERROR] :>> > :>> > When this happens, in the folder I am in I can still see the :>> > numbered list of messages, but if I try to open a message to read :>> > it, there is nothing to read. I then have to quit Alpine, start :>> > Alpine a new, and log in to Alpine, and then I can read the :>> > messages. :>> > :>> > This frequent need to quit and restart is annoying. Is there :>> > something I can do to prevent, or at least reduce the number of :>> > such incidents? Like checking something more often, or less :>> > often, or switch something off? :>> > :>> > Thomas Gramstad :>> > _______________________________________________ :>> > Alpine-info mailing list :>> > Alpine-info@u.washington.edu :>> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info__;!!DZ3fjg!6Wjel1CAJEdPWB9pFlfWG1dMiSfiJ70n2wME-SxsxsrM_yvDp8HOFQEpNkJ9DuV2GFcMP7yAahkNSOuXydQJE5tIQQhdAB0i$ :>> > :>> _______________________________________________ :>> Alpine-info mailing list :>> Alpine-info@u.washington.edu :>> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info :>> :>_______________________________________________ :>Alpine-info mailing list :>Alpine-info@u.washington.edu :>http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info :> -- Barry Landy Home: +44-1223-570417 192, Gilbert Road College: +44-1223-362062 Mobile +44-7771-933945 Cambridge CB4 3PB England Email barryla...@cantab.net _______________________________________________ Alpine-info mailing list Alpine-info@u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info
