On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Other programs have their own built-in values/parameters for timeouts, which makes sense as one program's typical timeout needs may be quite different from another one. So, each program should at least have a few *configurable* parameters that control timeouts like how long an authentication can take or when a data transfer timeout occurs. The IDLE timeout in dovecot seems to be 30 minutes. I would expect it to close any non-authenticated connection *at least* after this time - if not earlier.
Indeed, as I recall, the IMAP protocol in general sets a 30 minute timeout across the board.
So killing any connection with no data for that long seems like a very sane idea. Timo, what do you think?
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