Re: how to make noffle NOT switch to offline mode on "Server connection failed or newsbase problem. Leaving online mode."?

Miernik wrote:
> I use a very slow GPRS connection, 6000 bps, were latencies of 5-10
> seconds are common. I often get this error in noffle:
[..]

> Jan 27 01:16:12 tarnica noffle[5190]: [R] 503 Timeout after 10 seconds, closing connection.

It's the remote server that closes your connection after 10 seconds.
What about asking the admin of the remote server to change the timeout?
I suppose that's just necessary to connect reliably over your GPRS line.

> How can I force it NOT to switch to offline mode in such cases? 

You can always patch noffle/src/server.c . Just delete the line
        Online_set( FALSE );
in the procedures retrieveArt() and checkNewArts().

> I would like it to allow me to retry fetching that post immidiately,
> without having to manualy switch it to online mode first. 

I don't understand that. 'noffle --fetch' works great in offline mode.

> BTW: it would also be great to make noffle not FIN the connection to the
> news server after fetching each post, but to remain connected in case I
> want to fetch any more messages in the next couple of minutes.

This is already on the TODO list, although I don't know who has been
assigned to implement it.

What about using noffle preferably in offline mode? The fast download
via 'noffle --fetch' is the main advantage of noffle.


regards,

Mirko


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