Re: [Evolution] evolution hangs frequently when on adsl link

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 18:24 +0100, Tony Earnshaw wrote:

> tor, 19.02.2004 kl. 15.54 skrev Jeffrey Stedfast:
>
> > it doesn't ping the server, it sends a IMAP NOOP command which is
> > supposed to prevent the server from closing the connection (lets the
> > server know we are still there). It also tells us of updates.
>
> Then why (1.4.5 and everything earlier) is the thing lying? Why does it
> report anything at all? ping is ping (icmp echo request as a rule), noop
> is noop.

Not exactly.  A "ping" is just something from which you expect a "pong"
response, and is clearly thus a generic term to 'find out if something
is alive'.

If it really bothers you - get out more.