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From: rbrewer@lava.net (Robert S Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: popper
Date: 16 Nov 1995 11:06:19 -1000
Organization: LavaNet, Inc.
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References: <46j3l6$lpb@Mercury.mcs.com> <jpdavidDH2LzE.7oI@netcom.com> <47susl$g73@mnl.sequel.net> <4861ih$o7e@moon.igcom.net>
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>Roger Delgado (roger@mnl.cyb-live.com) wrote:
>: jpdavid@netcom.com (John Kordic) wrote:
>: >
>: >I have the same problem with popper locking up, thinking a connection
>: >still exists. i also suspect it is a faulty client. We are using UCB
>: >version 1.831 of popper.
>: >
>
>: I thought I'm the only one having this problem, I also used popper from 
>: UCB version 1.831 but the popper locks up, with the error message on the 
>: client side "Network error, connection timeout". I'd tried ipop3d and it 
>: still the same.However, when I tried altering the size of the /tmp, (by 
>: means of editing the fstab) the problem seems went away. All of our 
>: clients use Eudora 1.4.4, and I'm also suspecting it as faulty..

Check out <ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com//quest/unix/servers/popper/qpop2.1.4-r3.tar.Z>
This is Qualcomm's popper, and it has mega enhancements over the Berkeley
popper 1.831. I was able to compile it on BSD/OS 1.1 without much problem
(though I have yet to actually test it or put it into production).
-- 
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