Re: Multiple connections capped at 3?

Zack Gilburd <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.pan.devel
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Nathanael Hoyle wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 18:19 -0700, Zack Gilburd wrote:
>   
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am curious why the max simultaneous connections seems to be coded to
>> allow values no higher than 3.  It looks like I am going to have to 
>> patch the source to get more than 3 simultaneous connections.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Zack
>>
>>
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> The hard limit on the number of active connections is a deliberate
> choice, in order to be 'net-friendly'. It is relevant to the "Good Net
> Keeping Seal of Approval" of which Pan is a recipient.
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> -Nathanael
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Interesting, that's helpful.  My provider happens to allow up to 20 
simultaneous connections (Giganews).  Would you please point me to the 
relevant code?  I'm currently resorting to recursively grepping for 
things like "max_connections" and "connection-limit".

Cheers,

Zack
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