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28.0.50; Provide customization option for nnimap-keepalive-timer

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Message #17 received at 47478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 47478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47478: 28.0.50; Provide customization option for
 nnimap-keepalive-timer
Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 09:57:19 -0700

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Bob Newell requested the ability to customize the
>> `nnimap-keepalive-timer', and I've opened this bug report with a patch
>> that adds a new `nnimap-keepalive-times' customization option.
>>
>> It lets you customize both function interval and period of inactivity,
>> or you can set it to nil to disable the keepalive altogether.
>
> Sure; makes sense.

Cool. In the meantime I've come to prefer the name
`nnimap-keepalive-intervals', if that's all right.

I'll add this to the manual, as well. Do you think it should be a
defvoo, or a regular customization option?

>> I also sneaked in a little extra change: since we provided the option to
>> use Dbus to close Gnus servers when your machine is going to sleep, I've
>> noticed that sometimes (more often than you'd think) I seem to be
>> sleeping the machine in between sending the keepalive NOOP and receiving
>> the response.
>
> I think that should be OK -- when we're looking for responses, we use
> tags, so the response from the NOOP shouldn't confuse anything.
> (Hopefully.)

Hopefully!

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