Re: courier-imap-ssl "server disconnect" error behind firewall

[Vadik <vadik@kutsyy.com>]

Chris wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 16:33, Vadik wrote:
>  
>
> > I use courier-imap-ssl and I have mozilla connection to a few accounts 
> > at the same time, so my MAXPERIP=40.  With this setup I have absolutely 
> > no problem from home, but from the work I often get "server disconnect" 
> > error.  I think that firewall at my work is a problem, but is there 
> > anything I can do (with courier or mozilla configuration) to fix it?
> >    
> I have had issues with mozilla/thunderbird vs. courier-imap in the past.
> Check  'account settings' | 'server settings' |'advanced' | 'maximum
> number of server connections to cache'. 
> I believe this defaults to 5. I decreased this to 2 and the server
> disconnects went away.
>  
This problem is much easier fixed by setting MAXPERIP=<SOME LARGE 
NUMBER> on the server.  By default courier allows 4 connection from the 
same IP, mozilla wants to make 5 (performance), so you need to tell 
courier to allow larger number of connections.