On Thu, December 2, 2010 1:58 pm, michael crane wrote: > > On Thu, December 2, 2010 6:26 pm, Sam Freund wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The Problem: I keep getting the following message: "ERROR: Connection >> dropped by IMAP server". Fortunately after a minute or so, the error >> message will go away and my mail will work again, but I'm trying to >> figure >> out what this problem is and how to stop it. This is happening for all >> email accounts through squirrel mail, on multiple types of computers (we >> primarily use Macs). >> >> Background: A few months ago I began working at this company (SoloVision >> Productions), and I was not briefed on how squirrel mail was installed >> or >> functions for our mail, but I now have the responsibility as >> administrator. >> I looked through your web page in your ³Before Asking for Support² >> section >> as well as ³Known Bugs² and ³Solving Problems² sections, but I still >> don¹t >> know how to fix this problem (possibly because I don¹t completely >> understand >> how this system works). I¹m extremely sorry if the answer to this >> problem >> is easy but I can¹t seem to find (or understand) a solution. Please let >> me >> know what I can/should do to fix this problem...I am happy to provide >> any >> information necessary although I might need to be walked through the >> process >> of how to find out that information. >> >> Thank you for you time, looking forward to your response, >> -Sam Freund > > hello, I am an amature user and so you can take anything I say with a > pinch of salt but I would say that the problem is not with squirrelmail > config ( although it may be) but with the IMAP thingy. My amature > suggestion would be to install your own test instance of the server and > squirrelmail etc so you know what's going on then I suppose you could dump > everybodies mail into your install and use that ? > I have also seen this before, however, I discovered that it is probably because there is too much mail coming in, and that there are "mail filters" that are timing out before the mail gets sorted. I can't remember exactly where I changed the setting to fix this, but I am sure but I think that it was in the /etc/php.ini file and it was "default_socket_timeout" Mine is set to 60. I get thousands of email per day and 60 seems to work for me. Someone else can probably verify this clue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
